Drake equation: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: OpenStax - Astronomy 2e - The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. Jul 03, 2026
Add new Web site: Universities of Wisconsin Open Ed Network - Cosmic Origins - The Drake Equation and the Fermi Paradox. Mar 12, 2026
Add new Web site: ABC listen - The Science Show - Working through the Drake equation with Cosmic Vertigo. Dec 26, 2025
Add new Web site: ABC listen - The Science Show - Working through the Drake equation with Cosmic Vertigo. Dec 26, 2025
Add new Web site: SETI - The Drake Equation. Oct 18, 2025
Add new Web site: Nature - Scientific Reports - The importance of continents, oceans and plate tectonics for the evolution of complex life: implications for finding extraterrestrial civilizations. Jul 05, 2025
Add new Web site: CUNY Pressbooks Network - Astrobiology - The Drake Equation and the Fermi Paradox. Jan 30, 2025
Add new Web site: IOPsciecne - The Astrophysical Journal - Beyond the Drake Equation: A Time-dependent Inventory of Habitable Planets and Life-bearing Worlds in the Solar Neighborhood. Dec 21, 2024
Add new Web site: The Planetary Society - The Fermi Paradox: Where are all the aliens? Sep 27, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - A stochastic process approach of the drake equation parameters (PDF). Apr 02, 2024
Add new Web site: Astronomical Society of the Pacific - The Drake Equation: 50 Years of Giving Direction to the Scientific Search for Life Beyond Earth. Feb 22, 2024
Add new Web site: NASA - Science - Are we alone in the universe? Revisiting the Drake equation. Jul 11, 2023
Links added. Apr 21, 2023
Add new Web site: University of Maryland - Department of Astronomy - The Drake Equation. Feb 14, 2023
Add new Web site: SETI Institute - Drake Equation. Dec 26, 2022
Add new Web site: Pennsylvania State University - College of Earth and Mineral Sciences - The Drake Equation. Jun 03, 2022
Add new Web site: Physics LibreTexts - The Drake Equation. Jun 03, 2022
Add new Web site: Space.com - Drake Equation: Estimating the Odds of Finding E.T. Jan 14, 2020
Add new Web site: SETI Institute - The Drake Equation. Feb 17, 2017
Article revised and updated. Oct 24, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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