Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Alien Life: What Would Constitute “Smoking Gun” Evidence?
Multiple lines of evidence must converge for scientists to conclude that alien life has been found.
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Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Mar 24, 20222 min read
News from The German SETI Workshop
Be Prepared for Alien Contact
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Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Mar 17, 20223 min read
Science of Aliens, Part 11:
Could Aliens Get Cancer?
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Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Mar 10, 20223 min read
After a Nuclear War:
Meet the Species That May Come After Humans
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Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Mar 3, 20223 min read
Life on the Early Moon?
An Outrageous Hypothesis Re-Evaluated
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Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Feb 17, 20223 min read
Habitable Conditions in the Martian Subsurface
But Let's Not Forget Habitable Niches in Salts, Ices, and Caves!
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Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Feb 10, 20223 min read
The Science of Aliens, Part 10: Will an Alien Biosphere be Toxic?
Probably - That's Why Planetary Protection Guidelines Need to Be Enforced
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Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Feb 3, 20223 min read
The Mass Extinction Event that Led to the Reign of The Dinosaurs
The “Kill Mechanism” Similar to Global Warming Today.
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Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Jan 27, 20223 min read
The Evidence for Life on Mars Is Getting Stronger and Stronger
Light Carbon, Organic Molecules, and Habitats with Liquid Water.
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Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Jan 20, 20223 min read
Science of Aliens, Part 9: Was Humanity Visited in Ancient History?
An Analysis of UAP in Classical Antiquity.
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Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Jan 13, 20223 min read
Huge Amounts of Water Discovered in the Valles Marineris Canyon on Mars
A life detection mission should explore it.
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Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Jan 6, 20223 min read
Ammonia may be the Key to Life in the Venusian Clouds
One challenge for life resolved (perhaps), but others remain.
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Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Dec 30, 20213 min read
The Science of Aliens, Part 8: The Search for Artifacts
New instrumentation can aid scientists in determining whether recovered material from UAP is of extraterrestrial origin or not.
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Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Dec 22, 20213 min read
Returning Samples Collected by the Perseverance Rover from Mars to Earth
The Design and Construction of the Sample Receiving Facility must start now.
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Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Dec 9, 20213 min read
The Science of Aliens, Part 7: How Would WE React to Discovering Alien Life
Ready or not, this discovery is likely to happen soon. In anticipation of discovering alien life, conferences have been held on what such...
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Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Dec 2, 20213 min read
The Idea of Microbial Life in the Venusian Atmosphere is NOT dead
On the first day of the Venera D Cloud Habitability System workshop, the idea whether the clouds of Venus are habitable was center-stage.
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Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Nov 24, 20213 min read
How Science Can Help Us to Understand the Past but also Tackle Earth´s Future Challenges
Earlier this week, the Breakthrough Initiatives held the scientific meeting Life in the Universe 2021: Our Past, Present, and Future Selves.
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