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The Human Adventure is Just Beginning: Alien and Star Trek: The Motion Picture at 40 https://www.centauri-dreams.org/2019/09/13/the-human-adventure-is-just-beginning-alien-and-star-trek-the-motion-picture-at-40/ From Larry Klaes Wow one very detailed and epic review again here Larry. I have to admire your work and dedication in writing it all up. You have covered a lot of ground and idea’s. I really enjoyed reading through, it gave me lots to think about. I also need to re watch the movies too it’s amazing how even in one’s own life how your own throught’s and ideas change. Below are some of my thoughts and comments as I was reading through. Many naturally thought – spurred on in no small part by years of announcements from America’s space agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) – that the Apollo missions would lead to permanently manned lunar bases. Yes I thought so too, but were entering a new lunar phase at the moment. The film turned...

In celebration of 100 years of the International Astronomical Union, the IAU NameExoWorld  global competition allows any country in the world to give a popular name to a selected exoplanet and its host star. New Zealand has been assigned the planet HD 137388b and its host star HD 137388 and we need your help in choosing names!  You can make a submission here between 1 September 2019 and 30 September 2019 (5:00 p.m. NZST). A panel of judges will select the name of the star and the planet by 30 October 2019 and will make its submission to the IAU by the 31 October 2019. IAU will make it’s final announcement in by 31 December 2019 . The winner will then be notified via email. Please note that entries can only be accepted from people living in NZ during the time of the submission.

Astronomy_News_20_08_2019 This months research Papers 20_08_2019 RASNZ_20_08_2019 Organic complexity in protostellar disk candidates https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.07791 Assessment of the probability of microbial contamination for sample return from Martian moons https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.07576 Enabling martian habitability with silica aerogel via the solid-state greenhouse effect https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.09089 The Bio-habitable Zone and atmospheric properties for Planets of Red Dwarfs https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.11098 Historical and Contemporary Trends in the Size, Drift, and Color of Jupiter's GreatRed Spot https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/aaae01/pdf Coercion, Consent, and Participation in Citizen Science https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.13061 Photosynthesis on Exoplanets and Exomoons from Reflected Light https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.12576 Flaring activity of Proxima Centauri from TESS observations https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.12580 Anoxygenic photosynthesis and the delay...