This article was originally published on The conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com Expert voices: opinion pieces and insights. Michael Garrett is Sir Bernard Lovell, Chairman of Astrophysics and Director of Jodrell Bank Center for Astrophysics, University of Manchester. Artificial intelligence (AI) has made astonishing progress in recent years. Some scientists are now … Read more
We have no good reason to believe that aliens have ever made contact with Earth. Sure, there are conspiracy theories and some rather strange reports of livestock damage, but nothing credible. Physicist Enrico Fermi found this strange. His formulation of the puzzle, proposed in the 1950s and now known as ‘the Fermi paradox’, is still … Read more
A planet that goes up in flames in ‘3 Body Problem’.Netflix Netflix’s ‘3 Body Problem’ is based on a science fiction trilogy and follows a group of physicists. We asked an astronomer and a space engineer to explain some of the show’s scientific concepts. It may help to have some background on the Fermi Paradox … Read more