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Did This Chemical Reaction Create The Building Blocks Of Life On Earth?
Posted in Science on 29th Nov, 2023
by Alex Muller
A chemical reaction called the formose reaction, first discovered in 1861, is one of the best examples of an autocatalytic reaction that could have happened on the early Earth.
Earth Will Likely Dodge 'Planet Killer' Asteroids For The Next 1,000 Years
Posted in Science on 25th May, 2023
by Alex Muller
The good news? No giant asteroids will strike this millennium.
PTN Interviews the MIT 'Space Bubbles' Geoengineering project
Posted in Interviews, Science on 28th Oct, 2022
by Alex Muller
Many People are becoming more concerned with the growing issue of climate change, and there are many proposals as to how to deal with climate destabilisation. One of the projects focuses on Using Bubbles in space to reduce light from the sun, with the intention of protecting the Earth from too much warming. Here is our interview:
Super-Earths Are Bigger And More Habitable Than Earth, And Astronomers Are Discovering More.
Posted in Science on 30th Sep, 2022
by Alex Muller
Astronomers know that the ingredients for life are out there, but habitable does not mean inhabited. Until researchers find evidence of life elsewhere, it's possible that life on Earth was a unique accident.
Evidence Suggests Giant Asteroid Impacts Created Earth's Continents
Posted in Science on 26th Aug, 2022
by Alex Muller
Researchers looked at zircon grains from one of the oldest surviving pieces of continental crust in the world, the Pilbara Craton in Western Australia, which started forming more than three billion years ago.