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More Evidence That Planets Orbiting M Dwarf Stars Are Uninhabitable

November 20, 2023

One of NASA’s greatest and most public goals is to find habitable planets orbiting stars other than the Sun. The stars NASA has identified...

Astronomy

by Hugh Ross Read

Red Sky Paradox Points to Rarity of Earth’s Life

August 23, 2021

Where is everybody? This common query represents the bewilderment of decades of futility in the search for extraterrestrial intelligent life (ETI). Part of the...

Origin of Life & Astrobiology

by Hugh Ross Read

Is Kepler 1649c the Long-Sought Earth Twin?

May 11, 2020

Ever since 1995, when the first planet outside the solar system orbiting a hydrogen-burning star was discovered,1 astronomers have been on a holy grail...

Astronomy

by Hugh Ross Read

Earth, an Extraordinary Magnet for Life

April 15, 2019

We might take it for granted, but our planet’s magnetic field is no sure thing. A just-published research paper by three Australian astronomers shows...

Design

by Hugh Ross Read