Astrobiology

Are we alone? By Jackson Mingus, DeSales High School(Louisville,KY) There have been many story’s of people claiming to be abducted by aliens and people don’t think much of it, the information in my paper will make you want to know the truth about aliens. Many people believe Aliens are real and I think this is because of the high number UFO sightings, planets with oceans, and even NASA wants to protect us from extraterrestrial life. With all the information out on aliens it is hard to not…

CLIMATE CHANGE HUMAN CAUSED or NOT Introduction The continuous climate change controversy debated among scientists and professionals could indicate no one really knows beyond theory. There is the side indicating humans continue to cause climate change through actions of pollution and more. There is another side suggesting that the nature and cycle of earth is reason for climate change to happen. The thought of anyone really having the true answer renders all subject to a continued climate…

Personal statement I am particularly interested in pursuing a research career in neuroscience, but I am deeply drawn in undertaking the Midlands Integrative Bioscience Training Partnerships program at the University of Leicester due to its emphasise on integrating different concepts and methods from other disciples via quantitative and experimental approach. Since my first encounter with science and knowledge, as a young child, I cultivated and spent my teenage years educating and…

Creation vs. Evolution Is it more reasonable to believe that life came about all of a sudden by chance in a series of undirected events, or that God created life? Some believe that all life descended from a common ancestor, such as inanimate chemicals that slowly evolved into more complex life forms this is known as evolution. Yet some believe that God programmed to develop in such a way that chemicals evolved to produce mankind. But what does evidence reveal about these non-living chemicals?…

The Cambrian explosion is referred to as “Biological Big Bang” (Science News) or “Evolution’s Big Bang” (Science) (Levinton, J. S.1992), because of the unexpectedness presence of animal life in the Cambrian. Figures have it that it started back 542 million years ago and terminated approximately 40 million years later. This era is marked by the emerging of profuse skeletonized metazoans, an abrupt intensification in biodiversity and the appearance of most modern lives (Von Bloh 18). Animals that…

lander to this area and using an internal heating mechanism to keep the equipment functioning. Secondly, our lander will be difficult to slow its speed due to the lack of atmosphere. The atmospheric concentration is much lower than it on Earth. (Astrobiology Magazine, 2005) So we decided to use backward propulsion in the form of jets coming out the bottom of the lander, and it will be activated when the lander reaches to a certain distance from the moon’s surface. The third risk is the possible…

Curiosity’s mission goals and objectives, it is likely observations and conclusions from MER had a significant influence in the planning of the mission with an emphasis on whether Mars could have sustained microbial life. Dr. Mary Voytek, director of astrobiology at NASA states “We believe that the harsh environment on the surface – really dry, high radiation – may drive life today – if it exists – underground.”…

Plato once said, “Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world into another.” Obviously, astronomy has always been an interest to mankind. We look up into the night sky and feel an urge, something pulling us towards the stars. Many people have been influential in discoveries involving the stars and the planets beyond. From Galileo Galilei to Stephen Hawking, we have learned and discovered amazing things about the universe, and in recent discoveries we have wondered if…

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