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Stardust@home battles early glitches
Volunteers expecting to scour photos of dust particles in aerogel substrate instead received random beach/cyclist/wedding photos. No explanation given for screw-up.Prelife molecules present in comets
There may well be atomic nitrogen in those dirty lumps of ice - maybe that's how life on Earth got started? Kinda 'panspermia lite' idea.The High Frontier, Redux
Charlie Stross deflates the dreams of space colonisation. I know he's right on almost all points, but .... ah, damn.Envisioning the Interstellar Ark
Does what it says on the tin; another Centauri Dreams joint.Geologists Discover Origin Of Earth's Mysterious Black Diamonds
"The new data support earlier research ... showing that carbonado diamonds formed in stellar supernovae explosions. Black diamonds were once the size of asteroids, a kilometer or more in diameterStar Mission of a Lifetime
"...a key factor in the Drake Equation [...] is the question of whether technological societies have an average lifetime. Do they invariably survive to reach the stars, or do they destroy themselA Boost for Optical Communications
"Given how tricky it is to pick up accidental radio signals — “leakage” — from extraterrestrial civilizations, how hard would it be to communicate with our own probes once they’ve reached a systeLooking Back at Orion
"Driving the ship would be a nuclear arsenal of staggering proportions: 30 million nuclear bombs, each of which would explode 120 kilometers behind the vehicle at intervals of 1,000 seconds."Interstellar space dust hunted from home
The Stardust@home project kicks off...got a few spare weeks?Interstellar Conundrum: Is Stross Right?
Centauri Dreams replies to the recent Charlie Stross essay on space colonisation, and raises some good points. Lively discussion thread also.Space Travel: Not for A Billion Years
"Mind uploading will make space travel useless. If my mind is running at a million times human speed, then the Moon, Mars, and Proxima Centauri look far more distant than they were previously. ItFast Track to 200 AU
"Getting a probe to 200 AU from the Sun ‘as fast as possible’ is what Innovative Interstellar Explorer is all about."An Exotic Find in the Interstellar Medium
"The molecule in question is called C6H-, described as a chain of six carbon atoms with one hydrogen atom at the end and an extra electron."An Economic Answer to the Fermi Paradox?
"Those who ponder the Fermi Paradox might want to consider Myrhaf’s solution, one based on economics. If advanced technological civilizations really are out there, maybe they simply can’t afford
