Archive for the ‘Seti’ Category
March 22nd, 2013 | 
Author:  BT Life (blog) |
To boldly go… armchair space exploration
BT Life (blog) Finally, if you've ever wondered if life exists beyond our beautiful little planet you can help in the search by getting involved with SETI At Home, a U.C. Berkeley project that helps in the analyisis of data gathered by Radio SETI at the Arecibo … |
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'Little Green Men' SETI signal in 1967 focus of new scientific paper
Open Minds UFO News The LGM case was unique in that it sparked discussion amongst SETI scientist to set protocols for how to release the discovery of potential ET signals to the public, and how to verify they are indeed ET in origin. It was also unique in that although … |
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Are We Alone In The Universe?
NPR SETI's Jill Tarter has devoted her career to hunting for signs of sentient beings elsewhere, and almost all aspects of this field have been affected by her work. Astronomer Jill Tarter was the long-time director of the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial … |
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Long-shot distributed data center project in Canada like SETI for mobile
GigaOM Implementations include Folding@home for medical research and SETI@home for discovering aliens. More recently, a Texas company came up with a way to harness compute power when gamers play certain games and pay users for compute cycles. |
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Curiosity Rover on Mars Predicted to Encounter Moving Sand Dunes
SETI Institute A recent paper by Simone Silvestro of the SETI Institute and colleagues demonstrates that sand dunes in Gale crater, located between the Curiosity rover and its final destination, Aeolis Mons (“Mount Sharp”), are among the actively migrating dunes on Mars. |
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Mystery SETI Signal Set Rules of Engagement
Discovery News As is the case in our compulsive universe, nature was cleverer than imagined. This story of mistaken identity, as recently researched by Alan Penny of the University of St. Andrews, set the stage for preparing a SETI protocol for how to announce the … |
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Kirk to Spock: Tiny Pluto moon to be named Vulcan
USA TODAY The SETI Institute, which organized the naming, noted that Vulcan is the nephew of Pluto, the ruler of mythical hell. Two weeks ago, the institute's Mark Showalter wrote that any connection to the 1960s TV series was "purely coincidental, although we … The people of Earth have spoken: One of Pluto's moons should be named Vulcan Pluto's new moon named Vulcan by Star Trek fans rallying to William Shatner's call Second moon to be named Cerberus, after the mythical three-headed dog that … |
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The people of Earth have spoken: One of Pluto's moons should be named Vulcan
Ars Technica Back on February 10, 2013, the SETI Institute announced it would open up voting on naming Pluto's fourth and fifth moons—which, so far, are called simply P4 and P5. SETI cautioned the winning entry would just be a suggestion. The new names had to be … “Vulcan” has won Pluto's moon-naming poll! Kirk to Spock: Tiny Pluto moon to be named Vulcan Second moon to be named Cerberus, after the mythical three-headed dog that … |
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William Shatner Is Naming Celestial Bodies Now
The Atlantic Wire The 81-year-old actor and face of the Priceline Negotiator submitted the name as part of an online competition conducted by the SETI Institute which recently discovered two tiny moons orbiting Pluto. With a clue that Pluto's moons traditionally "have … 'Vulcan' and 'Cerberus' Win Pluto Moon Naming Poll “Vulcan” has won Pluto's moon-naming poll! Pluto's smallest moon may be named 'Vulcan' |
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The Engadget Show 41: 'Space' with NASA, SETI, Liftport and Mary Roach
Engadget And while out in the San Francisco Bay Area, we swing by the SETI institute to find out how the organization is actively looking for extraterrestrial life in the universe, including a discussion with SETI founder and developer of the Drake Equation … |
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