Space pioneers won’t settle habitable planets unless people figure out how to cross vast interstellar distances in reasonable lengths of time. Voyager 1 is currently the fastest spacecraft ever built […]
The 1st TESS science conference held July 29-August 1, 2019 presented some amazing exoplanet discoveries. A planet suitable for human habitation was not one of them.
The discovery of earth-sized exoplanets may take an important step forward this week with the launch of the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). TESS is only the third space-based observatory […]
Replicas, the novel based on the GAILEarth.com exoplanets, is now available in paperback from Amazon.com. It was originally published in electronic format for the Kindle Reader on September 29. Written […]
When we launched GAILEarth.com two years ago, our goal was to create a “worldwide cooperative science-fiction project.” We wanted a site where creative people could contribute their ideas about what […]
February 24, 2017 With the biggest build-up in exoplanet research history, on February 22 NASA announced the discovery of four additional earth-sized planets orbiting a dwarf star in the constellation […]
August 25, 2016 This week the news media boiled over with the most significant exoplanet discovery since the first one was confirmed in 1992.[1] A team of astronomers with the […]
19 August 2016 When we wrote the Handbook for Space Pioneers in 1977, we didn’t know that Chi1 Orionis (HR 2047), the star orbited by exoplanet Brobdingnag, is a double-star […]
15 July 2016 As reported on July 2, exoplanets have been discovered in two of the GAIL Earth star systems. According to Wikipedia, the closest of these, 82 G. Eridani […]
2 July 2016 When the Handbook for Space Pioneers was written in 1978, there was no physical evidence of planets in any star systems except our own. The choice of […]
27 May 2016 According to a NASA press release dated May 10, 2016, more than 3,200 exoplanets (planets outside Earth’s solar system) have been verified. But only 21 of these […]
27 November 2365 The Earth Branch of the Galactic Association of Intelligent Life (GAILE) announced the discovery of the most Earth-like exoplanet found to date. Located in the system HR […]
14 May 2016 When we launched the GAILEarth.com Website in April 2015, we called for “artists, engineers, architects, map-makers, 3D modelers, scientists, and writers” to help us “create life, living […]
2 February 2343 Transmissions received from an FTL (faster-than-light) probe from the Nu2 Lupi system reveal the existence of a double-planet system, both planets of which are capable of habitation […]
17 October 2317 The report by a team of scientists led by Dr. Joy McGillicuddy on a three-year expedition to the planet Yom has ignited fierce debate. Protestors on both […]
12 December 2311 The starship Boreal returned from the system Pi 1 Ursae Majoris (HR 3391) to report some of the most unusual life forms yet discovered in the search […]
31 May 2255 The starship Xingu returned from the Zeta Triangulum Australis system, docking at ICSE Spaceport 2 just hours ago. Unlike previous missions, the crewmembers transmitted little information about […]
4 August 2240 Just hours ago, the exploratory starship Aurora dropped out of warp drive and began transmitting data from its mission. The crew discovered a planet in the habitable […]
14 October 2200 The starship Golan returned from an extended voyage to announce discovery of the third exoplanet that is potentially habitable by humans. But the current inhabitants may pose […]
17 May 2155 The first transmissions from the starship Armageddon reached earth today, bringing news of the discovery of a second exoplanet habitable by humans. The planet orbits the star […]