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Cosmic biology in perspective

Wickramasinghe, N. C.; Lattanzio, John C.; Tout, Christopher A. +2 more

A series of astronomical observations obtained over the period 1986 to 2018 supports the idea that life is a cosmic rather than a purely terrestrial or planetary phenomenon. These include (1) the detection of biologically relevant molecules in interstellar clouds and in comets, (2) mid-infrared spectra of interstellar grains and the dust from come…

Anomalous Earth flybys of spacecraft

Wilhelm, Klaus; Dwivedi, Bhola N.

A small deviation from the 1/r potential is expected for the gravitational interaction of extended bodies. It is explained as a consequence of a recently proposed gravitational impact model (Wilhelm et al. in Astrophy…