Out of the Silent Planet

technological advancements over human beings, are still inferior. The majority of science fiction novels depicting aliens have them arrive unannounced, H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds, for example, (presumably looking for resources that they lack on their home planet) with tools of destruction, progressing the plot when they decimate the Earth, as seen in Robert Emmerich’s Independence Day. The aliens arrive and wage war on Earth, taking all of Earth’s resources and people. However, despite their…

sort on the surface that has excited the leagues of alien researchers out there. This time, the footage was not taken from the space agency but instead, seen on Google Mars. Some claim the object is a tower of some kind. Whatever it may be, it looks to be burning. Thick, black smoke surroundings the object. Of course, the space agency remains silent on the matter as the fear it will disrupt their plans to visit the red planet soon. NASA CAN'T DENY SUDDEN UPTICK IN…

Milky Way galaxy and recently we learned that planets are much more common than we thought. Those are the planets which are situated within the goldilocks zone of its home star, where the temperature is just right for water to remain in liquid state and perfect for life to flourish. Our current observational statistics has shown that a fifth of every sun-like star has an earth sized planet in its habitable zone. Even if only 0.1 percent of those planets contain life, there should still be few…

one was sure of the aftermath that it would cause. These rallies, which are still continuing today, were both philosophical and social movements. Groups across the United States, specifically, mobilized, demanding a change for the betterment of our planet. The idea of preserving our environment is not something that is new by any means. In 1690, the colonial governor of Pennsylvania, William Penn, required that settlers in his area…

accomplishments, it is also a series of moments. However, we all should also remember that eventually we all are born with a limited amount of time. To be one with nature again - that’s the eventual goal of life. The spiritual purpose of life is to grow out of the cycle of birth and death. One’s spiritual life (soul) is not tied to a mortal body. If one believes in life after death, they have fully accepted the knowledge that only the biological part of us dies - our body, not our…

Baal was the planet on which everyone wanted to live. Trent never realized it until he went to war out in the galaxy and saw other planets. There were actually a lot of things that Trent never knew about before leaving for war. He just assumed that everyone else out there lived the same way that he did - skyscrapers hundreds of stories high, gleaming in the sun, and automated homes that perform a lot of the daily tasks for you; Trent assumed that these luxuries were just a part of life. Trent…

Silent meditation was an incredibly difficult, relaxing, and revitalizing activity which helped me in recollecting my thoughts that have been swirling around in my head for a while. The activity helped in focusing the mind so that you had to concentrate on only the things that are most important to you. Professor Humphreys did an excellent job explaining the preparations and how the process would be undertaken. There were five people in total who partook in the silent meditation and it felt…

Have you ever seen hundreds of people die for you so you can save your own? I’m Alexander Savage, I’m from the Chione (Key-own-nee) colony on the ice planet in the Apollo Solar System. You might think an ice planet would be harsh to live in, but it was home to us. My homeland is no longer intact because of the company that destroyed it. The ice planet was rich with a mineral that is called “Life Crystal” which is found under the surface. It helped cure many diseases, stop poison, and could stop…

Shortly after World War II, thick clouds of smog hovered above major cities around the United States. American’s were becoming very ill and dying from health related issues from pollution inhalation. Rivers and lakes were littered with garbage and were too contaminated to enjoy. The misuse of pesticides was occurring around the nation, killing everything in its path, literally. Over three million gallons of crude oil spewed into the ocean at a rate of one thousand gallons, an hour, for a month.…

“Guten Tag, liebe Freunde,” he said to Brünnhilde and the Silent Orphan. “Oh, Guten Tag, Walther,” Brünnhilde responded to Walther by speaking to him in German. A conversation ensued between the two, but because Silent Orphan did not speak too much German, he was unable to understand what they were saying. He could not tell if the other three understood German, either. “We should see…