Welcome to the Astronomy 141 Lecture Podcasts. This is a brief message
from me explaining the podcasts, and welcoming new and old listeners.
University. Lectures will begin on Wednesday, 2009 Sept 23, and run
through Friday, 2009 Dec 4. New lectures will appear shortly before 6pm
US Eastern Time each day there is a regular class.
Recorded live on 2009 Sep 23 in Room 1005 Smith Laboratory on the
Columbus campus of The Ohio State University.
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Welcome to the Astronomy 141 Lecture Podcasts. This is a brief message
from me explaining the podcasts, and welcoming new and old listeners.
University. Lectures will begin on Wednesday, 2009 Sept 23, and run
through Friday, 2009 Dec 4. New lectures will appear shortly before 6pm
US Eastern Time each day there is a regular class.
Recorded live on 2009 Sep 23 in Room 1005 Smith Laboratory on the
Columbus campus of The Ohio State University.
So, Where is Everybody? Interstellar colonization, in principle, is an
exponential growth process that would fill the galaxy in a few million
years even with a very modest star flight capability. This is a small
fraction of the lifetime of the Milky Way Galaxy, so the Galaxy should
be teaming with life. But, we so far have no compelling evidence of
extraterrestrial visitations, alien artifacts, or any other evidences
that the Galaxy is populated. Physicist and Nobel Laureate Enrico
Fermi's apparent paradox and some of the proposed resolutions are the
topic of this lecture. I will review the Fermi Paradox and describe the
most common possible resolutions. The Fermi Paradox is useful in
helping to frame the question of extraterrestrial life, even if we so
far have no answers. At the end I only touch on the Rare Earth
Hypothesis, but this is a very nuanced question which requires a whole
other lecture to explore that I have not had time to fully prepare for
during this busy quarter. Recorded live on 2009 Nov 30 in Room 1005
Smith Laboratory on the Columbus campus of The Ohio State University.
Astronomy 141 - Life in the Universe
Welcome to the Astronomy 141 Lecture Podcasts. This is a brief message
from me explaining the podcasts, and welcoming new and old listeners.
University. Lectures will begin on Wednesday, 2009 Sept 23, and run
through Friday, 2009 Dec 4. New lectures will appear shortly before 6pm
US Eastern Time each day there is a regular class.
Recorded live on 2009 Sep 23 in Room 1005 Smith Laboratory on the
Columbus campus of The Ohio State University.