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Circumstellar Habitable Zone

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Photo: Astronaut Peggy Whitson on a spacewalk, March 2017, by NASA.

Guillermo Gonzalez Extends “Privileged Planet” Arguments to Space Travel

A skeptic might ask, “Couldn’t a more technologically advanced civilization develop new sources of fuel that require less mass?” Read More ›
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New Geochemical Discoveries Reaffirm Earth as a Privileged Planet

Remember CHONPS — the acronym you learned in high school to remember the elements most important for life? Read More ›
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From National Geographic, New TV Series to Violate Materialist Taboo?

Neither the Earth nor the human race is allowably described as unusual, because that could suggest (shudder) intelligent design. Read More ›
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Water — One of the Oldest Design Arguments

Today scientists marvel at the many associations among water chemistry, the environment, and life. Read More ›
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Solar Eclipses and Life

The basic idea is that meeting the requirements for the habitability of the Earth for observers makes it more likely that solar eclipses are possible. Read More ›

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