Commemorating Past Civilizations in the Milky-WayIn about a billion years, the Sun is forecasted to brighten up and turn the Earth into a desert like Mars. Based on the star formation…16h ago716h ago7
Are the Lost Soviet Spacecraft Venera 2 and the Dark Comet 2005 VL1 Different Objects?For the reason that koalas should not be classified as monkeys without a visible tail, spacecraft should not be classified as dark comets…2d ago12d ago1
Betrayal of Scientific Objectivity by the News MediaOn March 11, 2025, Cosmos Magazine published an article by Lauren Fuge about the scientific expedition to retrieve materials from the…3d ago103d ago10
Will Artificial Intelligence Win Over Natural Stupidity?My career in astrophysics started in 1987, when John Bahcall offered me a five-year postdoctoral fellowship at Princeton’s Institute for…5d ago125d ago12
The Dark Age of ScienceNames do not constitute knowledge. However, some scientists enjoy the illusion that they know something about things by giving them names…6d ago186d ago18
Death by a Primordial Black HoleThe early universe could have given birth to primordial black holes. If rare regions had an enhanced mass density such that their…Mar 75Mar 75
Is the “Dark Comet” 2005-VL1 the Venera-2 Spacecraft?A few months ago, a new paper was published in Publications of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) regarding a population of near-Earth…Mar 53Mar 53
Are We Living in a Computer Simulation? An Experimental TestIn anticipation for my next public lecture, the organizer requested the title of my lecture. I suggested: “Hunting for Aliens.” The…Mar 437Mar 437
Extraterrestrial Intelligence and the JewsTomorrow, I am scheduled for a public interview with the distinguished science journalist, Joshua Foer, on the topic: “Extraterrestrial…Mar 125Mar 125
Ignoring Reality is a Bad IdeaA recent paper studied the flux of interstellar objects entering the Solar system from the nearest star system, Alpha Centauri, located…Feb 288Feb 288
