Articles tagged with SETI | Gordy's Discourse

The Rare Earth hypothesis in the age of exoplanets

Gordon Ansell 28th June 2021, 11:15 Science, News, CitationSETI331 words

Does the Rare Earth hypothesis still stand up in the age of exoplanets? The authors of a book on the subject they wrote 20 years ago still think so.

Could we discover Little Green Men in the next 20 years?

Gordon Ansell 10th May 2021, 09:15 Science, News, CitationSETI373 words

Some experts think our advancing technology might allow us to discover alien civilisation within the next two decades.

Where should SETI look for little green men?

Gordon Ansell 28th October 2020, 05:55 Science, NewsSETI648 words

A researcher has written a paper that might help whittle down the planets SETI should look at as part of its search for alien life.

Lies, damn lies and 36 alien civilisations

Gordon Ansell 19th June 2020, 14:30 Science, News, CitationSETI299 words

The latest news from SETI is that there are 36 intelligent civilisations in the galaxy. Possibly. It’s all a bit limited by the sample size we’re using.

The truth is out there, maybe

Gordon Ansell 23rd September 2019, 07:40 Science, OpinionSETI1252 words

Why haven't aliens visited us? This is the Fermi Paradox and I look at some of the reasons why this might be the case.

The Drake equation and the search for ET

Gordon Ansell 28th May 2018, 08:11 Science, DisquisitionSETI1210 words

A look at the Drake Equation, which is used to estimate the number of intelligent alien planets currently residing in the Milky Way galaxy. I plug my own numbers into it to see what comes out.

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