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Allen Telescope Array Panorama 30 Dec., '09

2009-12-31T02:30:11Z

Hi, here's a chilly-looking snow and cloud-draped panorama of the
Allen Telescope Array from December 30, 2009
[link]
I made this panorama by stitching together 18 individual images from
the SETI Institute's webcam at
[link]
where you can find new images of the ever-changing mountain-scape

Paper - M-Dwarf metalicity consistent with F,G & K dwarfs with planets.

2009-12-21T00:50:00Z

Here's a neat paper - ON THE METAL RICHNESS OF M DWARFS WITH PLANETS-
By John Asher Johnson and Kevin Apps of Univ. of Hawaii
[link]
This paper finds that previous estimates on the metal-richness of M-
Dwarf stars are underestimated, and that the metal-richness of the M-

SETI@home's 2010 Goals and Interesting Stats

2009-12-18T04:43:42Z

In a recent e-mail from Dan Werthimer to SETI@home supporters, he
stated that some goals of SETI@home for 2010 include:
"...*Deploy and refine the Near-Time Persistency Checker (NTPCkr)
which makes SETI@home more efficient in identifying candidate signals.
*Develop a web based system that will allow volunteers to view, as

Year-end SETI Donation Reminder

2009-12-17T18:37:17Z

Just a quick reminder to get in your tax-deductible (in the U.S.)
contributions before the year ends to your favorite SETI non-profit
organizations like:
SETI Institute - [link]
SETI@home - [link]
or
The Planetary Society SETI Fund - [link]

"...low-mass planets are common around nearby stars..."

2009-12-14T21:16:40Z

Astronomy Magazine article - New discoveries suggest low-mass planets
are common around nearby stars - Scientists found the new planet
systems by combining data gathered at the W. M. Keck Observatory in
Hawaii and the Anglo-Australian Telescope in New South Wales,
Australia.
Provided by University of California, Santa Cruz

Fascinating 2009 Search For Life in the Universe Symposium Presentations

2009-12-01T04:50:11Z

The Search For Life in the Universe The May 2009 Spring Symposium

[link]

Click on each day for very interesting slide shows, and presentations
recorded during the symposium.

Also very fascinating is to go to this poster abstracts link

[link]

Martian meteorite surrenders new secrets of possible life

2009-11-28T16:09:51Z

Martian meteorite surrenders new secrets of possible life by Craig
Covault

[link]

Keep searching, Jason H.

Enceladus Ice Geysers Imaged

2009-11-26T19:25:05Z

I grabbed these raw images from the Cassini Equinox mission website,
and rotated them for easier viewing

[link]

These amazing images are from a recent flyby of Saturn's moon
Enceladus by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.

Primordial Soup Not Simmering (article on cooler early Earth)

2009-11-17T18:55:18Z

Astrobiology Magazine article "Primordial Soup Not Simmering"

[link]

Their
"Summary: Features discovered in 3.4 billion-year-old rocks indicate
that temperatures on early Earth may have been dramatically cooler
than previously believed. The finding could have implications in

1 Ceres (dwarf planet) Rotation Movie with Surface Details

2009-10-25T00:33:20Z

I originally posted this in other forums, but when I read on Wikipedia
that 1 Ceres (the largest object in the asteroid belt) might also be a
target in the search for extra-terrestrial life, I think it's O.K. to
post it here too. This is a 17 frame movie I made of the Minor Planet
1 Ceres (AKA the biggest asteroid in the asteroid belt) via Hubble

Article - SuperEarths common for other stars

2009-10-19T17:01:12Z

Article - SuperEarths common for other stars - 32 (new) planets beyond
the solar system discovered - By Ron Cowen

[link]

"The findings suggest that it may not be quite as difficult for metal-
poor stars to produce these heavyweights as previously thought, says

Main Belt Asteroid with Water Ice and Organic Molecules

2009-10-14T03:09:54Z

There's an article in New Scientist about a large main belt asteroid
having water, titled "Asteroid isn't just a dry heap of rubble"

[link]

and at Science News "Ice confirmed on an asteroid - Frozen water
leaves its signature over the entire surface of the asteroid 24

No SETI Society Monthly Meetings Until Feb. 2010

2009-10-13T04:55:22Z

Sorry if some of you receive 2 posts on this but I had to edit it. My
calendar has filled up through Jan. 2010 on the originally scheduled
dates of the SETI Society Meetings, so I must cancel all scheduled
meetings until Feb. 2010.

Perhaps I might be able to re-schedule them to a nearer date and re-

New York Times Op Ed - Anyone Out There?

2009-10-07T19:01:16Z

New York Times Op Ed - Anyone Out There? - By GIOVANNI BIGNAMI

[link]

Touches on the 50th anniversary of the seminal Cocconi/Morrison Paper.

Probing, Jason H.

Article - SETI at 50: 10 key moments in the search for extraterrestrial life

2009-10-07T18:58:02Z

Article - SETI at 50: 10 key moments in the search for
extraterrestrial life - By Tom Chivers
"The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, or SETI, is 50 years
old this month. We look at 10 memorable events in the search for life
on other planets."

[link]