More and more astronomers are coming around to the idea that we’re not alone in the universe. To them, it’s a matter of math, and humility. With potentially trillions of life-supporting planets out ...

Mass extinctions, cosmic disasters and Robin Hanson’s “great filter” theory suggest every civilization faces near-impossible ...

"Where is everybody?" That famous phrase, uttered over lunch by eminent physicist Enrico Fermi, perfectly encapsulated what has since become known as the Fermi paradox: If life happened here on Earth ...

The Great Filter theory suggests that advanced civilizations may never survive long enough to spread through the stars — raising the question of humanity’s fate.

In our quest to understand our place in the cosmos, two important concepts often emerge: the Fermi Paradox and the Drake Equation. The Fermi Paradox underscores a contradiction between the high ...

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My feeling is that any species sufficiently advanced to attain interstellar travel would rub us out like a pesky rodent infestation, if they even recognized us as equals at all. Click to expand ...

As a writer for Climate Corner, I am always excited to share news of the progress being made around the globe to develop renewable energy sources. In the United States, the investments being made in ...

I think the great filter is that any species intelligent enough to figure out the science and technology of interstellar travel has to not destroy itself first. Any species not part of a hive will ...