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Today, 03:53 AM

Roger E. Moore replied to a thread Phosphine, a strong biosignature, has been detected in the atmosphere of Venus in Life in Space

Two papers stating that it was not phosphine that was detected in Venus's atmosphere, but sulfur dioxide. Read on. --- Claimed detection of PH3...

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Yesterday, 11:27 PM

Roger E. Moore replied to a thread Astronomy discoveries that did not live up to their hype in Astronomy

Did scientists find an alien protein inside a meteorite? Another fading announcement. ...

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Yesterday, 11:25 PM

Roger E. Moore replied to a thread Astronomy discoveries that did not live up to their hype in Astronomy

The media hype over the fluctuations in light from Boyajian's Star (KIC 8462852) is about dead now, was not an alien megastructure. ...

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Yesterday, 10:36 PM

Roger E. Moore replied to a thread Astronomy discoveries that did not live up to their hype in Astronomy

Canals on Mars were in arXiv.org papers until the mid-1960s with the Mariner spacecraft.

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Yesterday, 09:18 PM

Roger E. Moore replied to a thread Astronomy discoveries that did not live up to their hype in Astronomy

Exoplanet "discoveries" before 1995 were pretty bad, particularly Peter van de Kamp's claim about various exoplanets including one around Barnard's...

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Yesterday, 08:05 PM

Roger E. Moore replied to a thread Astronomy discoveries that did not live up to their hype in Astronomy

Here is an example of a recent paper that I believe will not pan out: a suggestion that dark matter could destroy Earth. Woo-hoo! ...

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Yesterday, 08:01 PM

Roger E. Moore replied to a thread Astronomy discoveries that did not live up to their hype in Astronomy

Here is a link to a list of 36 recent arXiv.org paper titles that include the phrase, "smoking gun" in a manner that appears to hype the paper. ...

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Yesterday, 07:46 PM

Roger E. Moore replied to a thread Astronomy discoveries that did not live up to their hype in Astronomy

Here is a phrase I see a lot when scanning arXiv.org manuscripts to post here: smoking gun. It's eye-catching but doesn't always lead to a deep read...

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Yesterday, 07:01 PM

Roger E. Moore replied to a thread SpaceX in Space Exploration

SpaceX Starship SN9 go for high-altitude launch attempt later today. All signs point to SpaceX’s second high-altitude Starship prototype preparing...

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Yesterday, 06:51 PM

Roger E. Moore replied to a thread Fun Papers In Arxiv in Science and Technology

Has a planet of the star Vega finally been detected? It would be a giant planet or brown dwarf if so. A decade of radial-velocity monitoring of...

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2021-Jan-24, 07:23 PM

Roger E. Moore started a thread Astronomy discoveries that did not live up to their hype in Astronomy

Why do so many astronomy discoveries fail to live up to the hype? A detailed and disturbing report from Salon. The quest for fame increases the...

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2021-Jan-24, 07:19 PM

Roger E. Moore replied to a thread SpaceX in Space Exploration

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched 143 small satellites for a wide range of customers Jan. 24 on the company’s first dedicated rideshare mission, a service...

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2021-Jan-24, 02:21 PM

Roger E. Moore replied to a thread United States Space Force and United States Space Command: what can they do? in Space Exploration

Hyten: U.S. Space Force is ‘on solid ground’ despite speculation ...

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2021-Jan-24, 02:20 PM

Roger E. Moore replied to a thread SpaceX in Space Exploration

How to watch SpaceX launch 100-plus satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket today ...

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2021-Jan-23, 01:45 PM

Roger E. Moore replied to a thread Color photos of Galaxies in Collision in Astronomy

Hubble's half-dozen cosmic train wrecks (Phil Plait). https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/hubbles-half-dozen-cosmic-train-wrecks

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2021-Jan-23, 01:44 PM

Roger E. Moore replied to a thread SpaceX in Space Exploration

SpaceX's Starship SN9 prototype fires engines again to prep for test flight. The high-altitude hop could come as early as Monday (Jan. 25). ...

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2021-Jan-22, 11:29 PM

Roger E. Moore replied to a thread Broken Cable Damages Arecibo in Astronomy

A proposal to replace the giant radio telescope at Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico with a new facility suggests it could be used for tracking...

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2021-Jan-22, 10:12 PM

Roger E. Moore replied to a thread How did we do it before the internet... in Off-Topic Babbling

I was in the U.S. Army from 1976-1981, all no internet, and manila folders full of paper were the ultimate data storage tool.

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2021-Jan-22, 06:23 PM

Roger E. Moore replied to a thread The Joe Biden Admin Space Exploration Policy in Space Exploration

Here's What Biden Should Prioritize at NASA. “His main space priority should be establishing a lunar/Mars exploration plan that lasts more than five...

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2021-Jan-22, 06:16 PM

Roger E. Moore replied to a thread TRAPPIST-1 - so much data, it all goes here in Astronomy

The seven rocky planets of TRAPPIST-1 seem to have very similar compositions. The red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 is home to the largest group of roughly...

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2021-Jan-22, 12:58 PM

Roger E. Moore replied to a thread ULA Vulcan-Centaur rocket going to the moon in late 2021 in Space Exploration

Northrop Grumman test fires solid motor for ULA’s Vulcan rocket ...

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2021-Jan-22, 12:53 PM

Roger E. Moore replied to a thread Internet balloons in the stratosphere, guided by AI in Science and Technology

Google announced Jan. 21 it is shutting down Loon, a venture to provide wireless connectivity by balloon that has been seen as both complementary to...

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2021-Jan-22, 12:50 PM

Roger E. Moore replied to a thread ROSCOSMOS news - Russian space program in general in Space Exploration

NASA may limit its presence in Russia over shrinking cooperation on ISS. ...

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2021-Jan-22, 12:38 PM

Roger E. Moore replied to a thread SpaceX in Space Exploration

SpaceX to launch dozens of satellites on Transporter-1 flight Friday and you can watch it live. A two-stage Falcon 9 rocket flight is scheduled to...

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2021-Jan-22, 12:28 AM

Roger E. Moore replied to a thread What do you think is the most likely explanation for the Fermi paradox? in Life in Space

I guess I was thinking that through a process of logical elimination (e.g., the aliens cannot be incorporeal) one could develop a picture of what a...

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2021-Jan-22, 12:00 AM

Roger E. Moore replied to a thread What do you think is the most likely explanation for the Fermi paradox? in Life in Space

What about the Solaris dilemma, from Stanislaw Lem's book "Solaris"? Is it even imaginable that we would encounter alien life that appears...

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2021-Jan-21, 11:56 PM

Roger E. Moore replied to a thread What do you think is the most likely explanation for the Fermi paradox? in Life in Space

How could an extraterrestrial civilization communicate with us over interstellar distances? Is there a simple and cheap way to do so? Does the fact...

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2021-Jan-21, 11:38 PM

Roger E. Moore replied to a thread United States Space Force and United States Space Command: what can they do? in Space Exploration

Air Force Academy to produce more officers for Space Force. Cadets at the academy can choose to serve in the Air Force or the Space Force after they...

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2021-Jan-21, 10:26 PM

Roger E. Moore replied to a thread The Joe Biden Admin Space Exploration Policy in Space Exploration

Space industry executive calls on Biden to keep the National Space Council. Mandy Vaughn said the National Space Council is needed for effective...

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2021-Jan-21, 10:18 PM

Roger E. Moore replied to a thread The Joe Biden Admin Space Exploration Policy in Space Exploration

Biden administration appoints Steve Jurczyk acting NASA chief. Jurczyk has been the agency's associate administrator since May 2018, according to his...

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