Another Earth - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Wed, 23 Jul 2014 04:59:11 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Another Earth - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Is there anybody out there? - 2.2 billion planets like earth https://cathnews.co.nz/2014/07/25/anybody-2-2-billion-planets-like-earth/ Thu, 24 Jul 2014 19:20:32 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=60973 While astronomers haven't discovered aliens, 2013 was the year that they discovered that the Milky Way is inhabited by 20 billion planets like earth. With the Milky Way being one of up to 500 billion galaxies, we're looking at 10 sextillion planets. Numerically, one sextillion looks like 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 - times this by ten and the Read more

Is there anybody out there? - 2.2 billion planets like earth... Read more]]> While astronomers haven't discovered aliens, 2013 was the year that they discovered that the Milky Way is inhabited by 20 billion planets like earth.

With the Milky Way being one of up to 500 billion galaxies, we're looking at 10 sextillion planets.

Numerically, one sextillion looks like 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 - times this by ten and the chances of us being alone in the Universe appear slimmer than ever.

Space discoveries are happening at a rapid pace and the past year has been filled with fascinating discoveries including most recently, 'the Godzilla of the Earth'.

Here are eight discoveries about the vast and stunning universe we live in. Continue reading

Is there anybody out there? - 2.2 billion planets like earth]]> 60973 Suicide is the new leprosy https://cathnews.co.nz/2012/05/22/suicide-is-the-new-leprosy/ Mon, 21 May 2012 19:32:18 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=25756

In recent times two films, Another Earth and Melancholia, have given sensitive treatment to the subjects of depression and suicide. As well, Nothing Prepared Me For This, has been published. It is a book that brings together the writings of a number of relations and friends of people who have committed suicide. In a recent Read more

Suicide is the new leprosy... Read more]]> In recent times two films, Another Earth and Melancholia, have given sensitive treatment to the subjects of depression and suicide. As well, Nothing Prepared Me For This, has been published. It is a book that brings together the writings of a number of relations and friends of people who have committed suicide.

In a recent article, Andrew Hamilton says that "a common public response to suicide is very similar to earlier attitudes to leprosy. The former makes silent people who need to speak. The latter makes invisible people who need to be seen."

Andrew Hamilton is consulting editor of Eureka Street.

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