John Pullen
Author – Filmmaker – Pilot
Welcome to my Website and Blog
Here you will find fiction and non-fiction books on various subjects along with a blog exploring many fascinating stories from the sciences to the arts.
Blog – Feeding the Curious Mind
Alien Life Part III: Exoplanets and Life
In Part I, we discovered that there are probably at least 20 billion trillion planets in the observable universe. So, trying to find life might seem a sure thing. But how could we identify an exoplanet that shows evidence of at least sustaining life? Even before we reach that point, how do we identify an…
Alien Life Part II: The Close Candidates
In the previous article, we took a look at the number of possible planets, not only in our galaxy, the Milky Way, but in the observable universe and came up with the mind-spinning number of at least 20 billion trillion. That is not a typo, just a huge number. Alien life does not mean meeting…
Alien Life Part I: What are the Chances?
It is a tantalising or frightening thought that somewhere out in space, there are alien civilisations as advanced as us or vastly more advanced. Meeting them could mean that they might be able to reveal the secret of travelling faster than light, warping space and curing all of our deadly diseases. We could even be…
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