Essays about: "extraterrestrial"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the word extraterrestrial.

  1. 1. Starshades: Geoengineering Solutions and Technosignatures in Direct Imaging Phase Curves

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Astrofysik; Lunds universitet/Fysiska institutionen

    Author : Claudia Skoglund; [2023]
    Keywords : Starshades; extraterrestrial intelligence; stellar evolution; technosignatures; phase curves; direct imaging; habitable zone.; Physics and Astronomy;

    Abstract : The stellar luminosity increases as a star evolves which inevitably yields a higher temperature on planets in orbit around the star. It is reasonable to assume that intelligent civilizations would tackle this issue through installing artificial structures that can alter the radiation received by the planet. READ MORE

  3. 2. Antarctic Subglacial Lakes as Environmental Analogues for Possible Hidden Biospheres on the Moons Europa and Enceladus

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Jonas Fahlman; [2023]
    Keywords : astrobiology; icy moons; subglacial lakes; ice dynamics; thermal regimes; extremophiles; anthropogenic contamination; astrobiologi; ismånar; subglaciala sjöar; is-dynamik; termiska regimer; extremofiler; antropologisk kontaminering;

    Abstract : The evolving science of astrobiology for the search for life beyond Earth has put focus on the possibility of subsurface bodies of liquid water beneath the surface of icy moons within our Solar System. Specifically, the Jovian moon of Europa and the Saturnian moon of Enceladus show telling characteristics of endogenous heating through their complex tidal resonances with their parent planets – suggesting the presence of oceans of liquid water and therefore a potential for astrobiology. READ MORE

  4. 3. Simulations of the Tenuous Upper Atmospheres of Exoplanets

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Astrofysik; Lunds universitet/Fysiska institutionen

    Author : Lucian Spitzner; [2023]
    Keywords : astronomy; astrophyics; exoplanets; transmission spectroscopy; magnetic fields; atmospheres; ions; Physics and Astronomy;

    Abstract : Over the last decade, the interest in research on extraterrestrial planets has expanded dramatically. With the number of confirmed exoplanets having increased tenfold over the last ten years, we now know that many different types of exoplanets exist. READ MORE

  5. 4. 'Oumuamua : An analysis of the the debate regarding the first interstellar visitor

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teoretisk astrofysik

    Author : Erik Westergren; [2022]
    Keywords : Oumuamua; asteroid; comet; Avi; Loeb; extraterrestrial; Pan-STARRS; interstellar; alien; vessel; Oumuamua; asteroid; komet; Avi; Loeb; utomjordiskt; PAN-STARRS; interstellär; farkost;

    Abstract : In the year of 2017 in October a strange object with a hyperbolic trajectory was observed in our solar system. There were several hypotheses that scientists used to try to explain what kind of an object it was, but no one could, according to the scientific community as a whole, perpetuate any of these explanations as accepted consensus. READ MORE

  6. 5. Evolution and Differentiation of Large Icy Moons

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Astronomi - Genomgår omorganisation

    Author : Piia Tomberg; [2021]
    Keywords : Physics and Astronomy;

    Abstract : Purpose: In preparation of several future missions with the objective to research the large icy moons of the Solar System, it is necessary to have a cohesive understanding of the conditions that might lead to the formation of liquid oceans in these moons. The purpose of this work is to create a numerical model for simulating the temperature evolution of the cores of large icy moons. READ MORE