The Spitzer Space Telescope located seven new Earth-sized planets, NASA announced February 22, 2017. It is the first known system of its size to orbit a single star. Three of the planets are located in the habitable zone—the area around the parent star where we might find planets with liquid water. Water could mean life. With this discovery, a revisit […]
(Updated 02-16-2020. CLICK HERE for updated version.) Have you ever asked yourself why you feel lonely even though you have people in your life who are close to you and who care? Have you ever wondered why you don’t seem to belong to the family in which you were born? Have you ever asked, is […]
The opening scene in the 2012 science fiction horror film Prometheus displays a visually elegant portrayal of a humanoid alien who generates a biogentic reaction with his DNA. With this reaction, life on earth begins. Director Ridley Scott’s said his film was, in part, influenced by Erich von Däniken’s 1968 book, Chariots of the Gods? Däniken’s book proposes that […]
