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 recent discovery, a […]
Unfolding The Ancient Astronaut Theory
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 […]
Ancient Astronauts
In updating and bringing forward previous posts, I find that I interchange the terms Ancient Astronauts and Ancient Aliens. They are the same, but Ancient Astronauts seems a better fit. Theorists believe Earth was visited by extraterrestrials who manipulated and guided human evolution from the time we crawled from the depths of the oceans, and maybe […]
I’m Not Saying It Was Aliens…
Creed, Colorado is one of my favorite places to visit. Quaint and ruggedly beautiful. The other day I was there sipping a cuppa Earl Grey at the coffee shop/bakery in town, and the owner lady struck up a conversation with me. I told her I was a writer. She said, “I bet you write romance.” […]
X-Files Is Here! Is This the Beginning?
In less than a week, Fox will air a six episode continuation of its unforgettable, highly successful X-Files franchise starring one of our most beloved science fiction couples, Mulder and Scully. Fox has chosen a miniseries format, with many of us hopefully asking: “Could this be the beginning of a new X-Files era?” David Duchovny, who portrays the character of […]