Sentences with phrase «life around other stars»

Not exact matches

«Looking at how pigments might be adapted on planets around other stars makes us really appreciate how life is specially adapted to our planet and our sun,» Kiang notes.

The answers will not only help explain how Earth became an ideal place for incubating life; they will also tell a lot about the odds of finding similar habitable planets around other stars.

If conditions are similar around other stars and planets, there should be trillions of moons in our galaxy, with a small but significant percentage of them suitable for life.

THE thousands of probable worlds discovered in orbit around other stars are making our corner of the universe appear a lot friendlier to life these days.

Kepler launched in March to search for life - friendly planets around other stars.

Other recent discoveries of nearby Earth - sized planets have been around red dwarf stars, including TRAPPIST - 1 and Proxima Centauri, but these create less favorable conditions for life.

Cities Around Other Stars The reality is that astronomers barely know the basics about Kuiper belt objects, much less whether they harbor life.

Life as we know it couldn't exist on Titan — but if most of life's needs exist there, they might exist on balmier worlds around other stLife as we know it couldn't exist on Titan — but if most of life's needs exist there, they might exist on balmier worlds around other stlife's needs exist there, they might exist on balmier worlds around other stars.

I'm confident that we'll detect signs of life on exoplanets (planets around other stars) by observing the atmospheres of the planets that we're detecting now — especially those similar to Earth in mass and orbit — and finding oxygen and other chemical signatures there.

Our Solar system, and other planetary systems, began life with disks of gas and dust grains around a young star.

While lots of other folks might be talking about life on Proxima b, this new study is probably more important for what it means to the potential rings of dust around the parent star.

Many are reporting that it could spell trouble for any hope for life on its exoplanet, Proxima b — but it might also kill off a presumed set of other planets around the star.

The researchers said that alien planets present close to each other around the same parent star can help each other when it comes to supporting life, creating «multihabitable systems».

Potential guides to the development of carbon - based life on other planets in the Solar System or around other stars include the past history and continuously changing nature and types of life and environmental conditions on Earth that reflect life's presence.

«If there is water in Kuiper belt - like objects around other stars, as there now appears to be, then when rocky planets form they need not contain life's ingredients,» said Siyi Xu, the study's lead author, a postdoctoral scholar at the European Southern Observatory in Germany who earned her doctorate at UCLA.

That is the magnitude of the task facing astronomers as they search for small, rocky Earth - like planets around other stars - planets that might harbor life

Winn, who is also a Participating Scientist in the NASA Kepler mission, is interested in the properties of planets around other stars, how planets form and evolve, and whether there are planets beyond Earth capable of supporting life.

Though it's a long way from a few simple molecules to even the most basic proteins, detecting chemistry similar to Earth's around distant stars suggests that the pathway to life may be possible on other worlds.

It speaks to the very heart of trying to understand how life may have evolved not just on earth but on other terrestrial bodies both in our own solar system and indeed around other stars that have planets that lie in the so - called «habitable zone» (where liquid water can exist on the surface).

Although no compelling evidence of extraterrestrial life has yet been found, the possibility that biota might be a common feature of the universe has been strengthened by the discovery of extrasolar planets (planets around other stars), by the strong suspicion that several moons of Jupiter and Saturn might have vast reserves of liquid water, and by the existence of microorganisms called extremophiles that are tolerant of environmental extremes.

It is currently unknown if or when life may have begun on planets around other stars, or how long those planets could support the ingredients necessary for life.

The development of life on Earth is no longer thought to have been an improbable event, but one which may be common under similar environmental conditions elsewhere, around other stars as well as in our own Solar System.

NASA's Kepler telescope is designed to find Earth - like worlds around other stars, but could it also find intelligent life?

Supplementing what faithful fetish chat live viewers might find to be far too pass» for their breed of folk, Mistress Preston takes on a more dominating role wherein you'll witness her engaging in leather - bridled pony play; the real - life smothering of an innocent teddy bear; enforced orgasms;» co-ed wrestling ala Andy Kaufman; panty / stocking face - sitting; armpit sniffing;» jerking a guy off with an actual pearl necklace wrapped around his wiener; taking a load of non-orthodontist recommended man - paste onto her braces; and, some other atypical activities starring cigars, balloons and shoes.

It was entertaining enough to hang around three stars for me, propelled by the fun chemistry between Astaire and Rogers (fun fact: I heard they hated each other in real life), but the completely unnecessary, racially insensitive Fred Astaire - in - blackface dance dropped the film an extra star.

Game Night stars Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams as Max and Annie, a suburban duo whose lives revolve around weekend parties with other couples — activities include charades, Monopoly, etc..

The most prominent characters include Haven Hamilton (Henry Gibson), a socially conservative, arrogant country music star; Linnea Reese (Lily Tomlin), a gospel singer and mother of two deaf children; Del Reese (Ned Beatty), her lawyer husband and Hamilton's legal representative, who works as the local political organizer for the Tea Party - like Hal Philip Walker Presidential campaign; Opal (Geraldine Chaplin), an insufferably garrulous and pretentious BBC Radio reporter on assignment in Nashville, or so she claims; talented but self - involved sex - addict Tom Frank (Keith Carradine), one - third of a moderately successful folk trio who's anxious to launch a solo career; John Triplette (Michael Murphy), the duplicitous campaign consultant who condescendingly tries to secure top Nashville stars to perform at a nationally - syndicated campaign rally; Barbara Jean (Ronee Blakley), the emotionally - fragile, beloved Loretta Lynn - like country star recovering from a burn accident; Barnett (Allen Garfield), Barbara Jean's overwhelmed manager - husband; Mr. Green (Keenan Wynn), whose never - seen ailing wife is on the same hospital ward as Barbara Jean; groupie Martha (Shelley Duvall), Green's niece, ostensibly there to visit her ailing aunt but so personally irresponsible that she instead spends all her time picking up men; Pfc. Glenn Kelly (Scott Glenn), who claims his mother saved Barbara Jean's life but who mostly seems obsessed with the country music star; Sueleen Gay (Gwen Welles), a waitress longing for country music fame, despite her vacuous talent; Bill and Mary (Allan F. Nicholls and Cristina Raines), the other two - thirds of Tom's folk act, whose ambition overrides constant personal rancor; Winifred (Barbara Harris), another would - be singer - songwriter, fleeing to Nashville from her working - class husband, Star (Bert Remsen); Kenny Frasier (David Hayward), a loner who rents a room from Mr. Green and carries around a violin case; Bud Hamilton (Dave Peel), the gentle, loyal son of the abrasive Hamilton; Connie White (Karen Black), a glamorous country star who is a last - minute substitute for Barbara Jean at the Grand Old Opry; Wade Cooley (Robert DoQui), a cook at the airport restaurant where Sueleen works as a waitress and who tries unsuccessfully to convince her that she has no talent; and the eccentric Tricycle Man (Jeff Goldblum), who rides around in a three - wheel motorcycle, occasionally interacting with the other characters, showing off his amateur magic tricks, but who has no dialostar; Linnea Reese (Lily Tomlin), a gospel singer and mother of two deaf children; Del Reese (Ned Beatty), her lawyer husband and Hamilton's legal representative, who works as the local political organizer for the Tea Party - like Hal Philip Walker Presidential campaign; Opal (Geraldine Chaplin), an insufferably garrulous and pretentious BBC Radio reporter on assignment in Nashville, or so she claims; talented but self - involved sex - addict Tom Frank (Keith Carradine), one - third of a moderately successful folk trio who's anxious to launch a solo career; John Triplette (Michael Murphy), the duplicitous campaign consultant who condescendingly tries to secure top Nashville stars to perform at a nationally - syndicated campaign rally; Barbara Jean (Ronee Blakley), the emotionally - fragile, beloved Loretta Lynn - like country star recovering from a burn accident; Barnett (Allen Garfield), Barbara Jean's overwhelmed manager - husband; Mr. Green (Keenan Wynn), whose never - seen ailing wife is on the same hospital ward as Barbara Jean; groupie Martha (Shelley Duvall), Green's niece, ostensibly there to visit her ailing aunt but so personally irresponsible that she instead spends all her time picking up men; Pfc. Glenn Kelly (Scott Glenn), who claims his mother saved Barbara Jean's life but who mostly seems obsessed with the country music star; Sueleen Gay (Gwen Welles), a waitress longing for country music fame, despite her vacuous talent; Bill and Mary (Allan F. Nicholls and Cristina Raines), the other two - thirds of Tom's folk act, whose ambition overrides constant personal rancor; Winifred (Barbara Harris), another would - be singer - songwriter, fleeing to Nashville from her working - class husband, Star (Bert Remsen); Kenny Frasier (David Hayward), a loner who rents a room from Mr. Green and carries around a violin case; Bud Hamilton (Dave Peel), the gentle, loyal son of the abrasive Hamilton; Connie White (Karen Black), a glamorous country star who is a last - minute substitute for Barbara Jean at the Grand Old Opry; Wade Cooley (Robert DoQui), a cook at the airport restaurant where Sueleen works as a waitress and who tries unsuccessfully to convince her that she has no talent; and the eccentric Tricycle Man (Jeff Goldblum), who rides around in a three - wheel motorcycle, occasionally interacting with the other characters, showing off his amateur magic tricks, but who has no dialostar recovering from a burn accident; Barnett (Allen Garfield), Barbara Jean's overwhelmed manager - husband; Mr. Green (Keenan Wynn), whose never - seen ailing wife is on the same hospital ward as Barbara Jean; groupie Martha (Shelley Duvall), Green's niece, ostensibly there to visit her ailing aunt but so personally irresponsible that she instead spends all her time picking up men; Pfc. Glenn Kelly (Scott Glenn), who claims his mother saved Barbara Jean's life but who mostly seems obsessed with the country music star; Sueleen Gay (Gwen Welles), a waitress longing for country music fame, despite her vacuous talent; Bill and Mary (Allan F. Nicholls and Cristina Raines), the other two - thirds of Tom's folk act, whose ambition overrides constant personal rancor; Winifred (Barbara Harris), another would - be singer - songwriter, fleeing to Nashville from her working - class husband, Star (Bert Remsen); Kenny Frasier (David Hayward), a loner who rents a room from Mr. Green and carries around a violin case; Bud Hamilton (Dave Peel), the gentle, loyal son of the abrasive Hamilton; Connie White (Karen Black), a glamorous country star who is a last - minute substitute for Barbara Jean at the Grand Old Opry; Wade Cooley (Robert DoQui), a cook at the airport restaurant where Sueleen works as a waitress and who tries unsuccessfully to convince her that she has no talent; and the eccentric Tricycle Man (Jeff Goldblum), who rides around in a three - wheel motorcycle, occasionally interacting with the other characters, showing off his amateur magic tricks, but who has no dialostar; Sueleen Gay (Gwen Welles), a waitress longing for country music fame, despite her vacuous talent; Bill and Mary (Allan F. Nicholls and Cristina Raines), the other two - thirds of Tom's folk act, whose ambition overrides constant personal rancor; Winifred (Barbara Harris), another would - be singer - songwriter, fleeing to Nashville from her working - class husband, Star (Bert Remsen); Kenny Frasier (David Hayward), a loner who rents a room from Mr. Green and carries around a violin case; Bud Hamilton (Dave Peel), the gentle, loyal son of the abrasive Hamilton; Connie White (Karen Black), a glamorous country star who is a last - minute substitute for Barbara Jean at the Grand Old Opry; Wade Cooley (Robert DoQui), a cook at the airport restaurant where Sueleen works as a waitress and who tries unsuccessfully to convince her that she has no talent; and the eccentric Tricycle Man (Jeff Goldblum), who rides around in a three - wheel motorcycle, occasionally interacting with the other characters, showing off his amateur magic tricks, but who has no dialoStar (Bert Remsen); Kenny Frasier (David Hayward), a loner who rents a room from Mr. Green and carries around a violin case; Bud Hamilton (Dave Peel), the gentle, loyal son of the abrasive Hamilton; Connie White (Karen Black), a glamorous country star who is a last - minute substitute for Barbara Jean at the Grand Old Opry; Wade Cooley (Robert DoQui), a cook at the airport restaurant where Sueleen works as a waitress and who tries unsuccessfully to convince her that she has no talent; and the eccentric Tricycle Man (Jeff Goldblum), who rides around in a three - wheel motorcycle, occasionally interacting with the other characters, showing off his amateur magic tricks, but who has no dialostar who is a last - minute substitute for Barbara Jean at the Grand Old Opry; Wade Cooley (Robert DoQui), a cook at the airport restaurant where Sueleen works as a waitress and who tries unsuccessfully to convince her that she has no talent; and the eccentric Tricycle Man (Jeff Goldblum), who rides around in a three - wheel motorcycle, occasionally interacting with the other characters, showing off his amateur magic tricks, but who has no dialogue.

Ryan Gosling (who was the male lead in Blue Valentine) stars as Luke, a chain - smoking motorcycle stunt driver who works at a traveling carnival riding his bike inside a big steel ball with two other daredevils, whizzing around each other at life - threatening speeds.

Starring Molly Ringwald and newcomer Shailene Woodley, among others, the show chronicles the unexpected pregnancy of a teen girl and how it affects her and the lives of those around her - i.e., timely subject matter.

I can see by all the other reviews that I'm dramatically in the minority here but if a teen drama around terminal illness is what you're looking for on a Sunday afternoon, then 2014's «The Fault in Our Stars» is much more deserving of your time with characters you'll actually care about and a story that will leave you thinking about life and how to make the most of it long after the end credits have rolled.

GOD FRIENDED ME stars Brandon Micheal Hall in a humorous, uplifting drama about Miles Finer (Hall), an outspoken atheist whose life is turned upside down when he receives a friend request on social media from God and unwittingly becomes an agent of change in the lives and destinies of others around him.

Brandon Micheal Hall stars in a humorous, uplifting drama about Miles Finer (Hall), an outspoken atheist whose life is turned upside down when he receives a friend request on social media from God and unwittingly becomes an agent of change in the lives and destinies of others around him.

When we start getting to 3 photon combinations, 4 photons onwards to 1.92 × 10 ^ 28 number of systems, we Still a limited number, in that there's only 1.92 × 10 ^ 28 numbers to play around with, but far more combinations than there are stars (or to put it another way, you could have unique combinations being presented to a person as fast as they could perceive it for their entire life, and you could probably do the same thing with every other person, without having any duplicate combinations between people.