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Allen Telescope Array Panorama 30 Dec., '09

exosea...@yahoo.com (Jason H.) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:30:11 UT

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.

exosea...@yahoo.com (Jason H.) — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:50:00 UT

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

exosea...@yahoo.com (Jason H.) — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:43:42 UT

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

exosea...@yahoo.com (Jason H.) — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:37:17 UT

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..."

exosea...@yahoo.com (Jason H.) — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:16:40 UT

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

exosea...@yahoo.com (Jason H.) — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:50:11 UT

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

exosea...@yahoo.com (Jason H.) — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:09:51 UT

Martian meteorite surrenders new secrets of possible life by Craig
Covault

[link]

Keep searching, Jason H.

Enceladus Ice Geysers Imaged

exosea...@yahoo.com (Jason H.) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:25:05 UT

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)

exosea...@yahoo.com (Jason H.) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:55:18 UT

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

exosea...@yahoo.com (Jason H.) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:33:20 UT

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

exosea...@yahoo.com (Jason H.) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:01:12 UT

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

exosea...@yahoo.com (Jason H.) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:09:54 UT

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

exosea...@yahoo.com (Jason H.) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:55:22 UT

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?

exosea...@yahoo.com (Jason H.) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:01:16 UT

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

exosea...@yahoo.com (Jason H.) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:58:02 UT

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]