The United States Space Agency (USA) or NASA is trying to unravel the mystery of the existence of aliens. Even the agency asked for help from religious experts at the Center for Theological Inquiry (CTI) Princeton New Jersey USA.
There are 24 religious experts who were asked to help the project. Including one of them is a graduate of religious studies from the University of Cambridge named Andrew Davison. More recently, Davison has said his research has looked 'how often theology and astrobiology have been topics of popular writing in 150 years. Davison will be launching a book on spiritual exploration with CTI and NASA. The book, entitled Astrobiology and Christian Doctrine, will be published in 2022. This is not the first time NASA has collaborated with religious institutions. Earlier in 2014, NASA awarded a $1.1 million grant to study congregational interests and openness to scientific investigations. This is known as the Astrobiological Social Implications study. The study shows the relationship between religion and belief in space intelligence. Researchers published in 2017 found that people with a strong desire to find meaning but low adherence to certain religions are more likely to believe in the existence of aliens. CTI director Will Storar said with NASA support, he hoped to see serious scholarship recipients published in books and journals. to leave the subject. As well as answering 'the wonders and mysteries of the deep and the implications of finding microbial life on other planets'. In the book Davison writes that some people will turn to their religious traditions for guidance if extraterrestrials are found.
"The detection of (alien life) may come within a decade or only in the next century or it may never come at all, but if or where it occurs, it would be useful to think about the implications first," Davison wrote.
NASA Hunt Find Alien
The United States Space Agency (US) or NASA is one of the parties who want to hunt down aliens. Since several years ago, the agency is known to develop or carry out projects aimed at finding other life beyond Earth. Recently, NASA has asked for the help of a number of religious experts to help solve the mystery of the existence of aliens. Even NASA is also hunting for Earth's neighboring planet, Mars. In addition, it also uses the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite or TESS, which took off in 2018. And to what extent did NASA's hunt for aliens go? The following are some of the studies,
1. Venus
In 1978, NASA reportedly discovered the possibility of alien life on Venus. The findings were ignored for decades. Until September 14, 2020, a team of scientists in the journal Nature Astronomy detected phosphine using a toxic gas long proposed to be a sign of alien microbial life. Biochemist at Cal Poly Pomona, California, Rakesh Mogul and colleagues dug through archived data. NASA and found phosphine taken by Pioneer 13. This is the probe that reached Venus in 1978. The 1978 data came from the Large Probe Neutral Mass Spectrometer (LNMS) one of the instruments that descended into the Venusian atmosphere as part of Pioner 13. The LNMS took atmospheric samples and ran them through mass spectrometry.
2. Mars
Another hunt is to use Perserverance which landed in the Jezero crater of Planet Mars in January. Perseverance through exploration in search of aliens is a trace of ancient microbial life. Jazero Crater is a former lake basin that is thought to be drained by a river but has dried up. The location is said to be quite supportive of searching for the remnants of life that ever existed from the Planet Mars.
3. Exoplanets
TESS has work to detect planets outside the solar system or as exoplanets. Its task is similar to that of the Kepler spacecraft, which has identified thousands of exoplanets. The Engadget page notes that 30 of those found are confirmed to be in the habitable zone of their parent star and close enough to the water on the surface.
4. Grant To A Group Of Researchers
NASA also had time to provide grants to a group. It aims to develop a new approach to the search for extraterrestrial intelligence from evidence of technological activity. The researchers started with two specific technologies, namely solar panels and pollutants. It can detect indicators such as light reflected from solar panels and pollutants can identify the chemical composition of an exoplanet's atmosphere.
5. Ask Religious Experts for Help
There are a total of 24 religious experts who are partnered with NASA at the Center for Theological Inquiry (CTI) Princeton New Jersey, USA. NASA has previously collaborated with religious institutions. At that time, in 2014, NASA provided a US$1.1 million grant to study congregational interest and openness to scientific investigations, known as Astrobiological Social Implications studies. CTI director Will Storar said NASA's support was expected to Look for serious scholarship recipients who are published in books and journals to get off the subject. As well as answering questions of profound wonders and mysteries and the implications of finding microbial life from other planets.
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