Midterm papers

  • Shep Ryen's home page, on which his paper, Modern Theories of Star and Planet Formation, can be found.

  • Paper by Julien Beguin; The Possibility of Life on Europa.

  • Paper by Cauley Peterson; Mars: Past, Present, and Future Space Exploration.

  • Paper by Joe MacAvoy; The Origin of Simple Organic Chemicals on Earth.

  • Paper by Kelly Yamasato; Extremophiles (without figures).

  • Paper by Daria Karp, Fact versus Faith: Comparing theories on the origins of the universe.

  • Paper by Jennifer Cannistra, The Origin, Evolution, and Inevitability of Human Intelligence

  • Paper by Andrea Turpin, Religious and Scientific Views of the Origin of Life

  • Paper by Scott Phillips, Manned Missions to Space and the Space Station

  • Paper by Chen Ng, Was Life on Earth Seeded by Comets or Meteors?

  • Paper by Neil Shah, The Jain Universe

    Final papers

  • Paper by Cauley Peterson: Why are we here: The Anthropic Principle and the dangers of Teleology.

  • Paper by Julien Beguin: Interstellar Transportation. (In WORD format).

  • Paper by Jennifer Cannistra: What if We Succeed?

  • Paper by Shep Ryen, Brown Dwarfs.

    As always, let me know if you have any questions or wish to discuss any of this.