It's a compelling thought experiment, and one that Adam Frank, a professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Rochester, and Gavin Schmidt, the director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, take up
in a
paper published in the International
Journal of
Astrobiology.
In a paper to published in the journal Astrobiology, and available online soon, Heller and Pudritz turn the telescope around to ask, what if extraterrestrial observers discover the Earth as it transits the su
In a
paper to
published in the journal Astrobiology, and available online soon, Heller and Pudritz turn the telescope around to ask, what if extraterrestrial observers discover the Earth as it transits the su
in the
journal Astrobiology, and available online soon, Heller and Pudritz turn the telescope around to ask, what if extraterrestrial observers discover the Earth as it transits the sun?
A new
paper, now
published in the science
journal Astrobiology and led by Portland State University scientist Kenneth Stedman, argues that this is a missed opportunity, and that astrobiologists should explore the possibility that viruses exist en masse throughout the universe.