SETI news, blogs, and links. SETI@home is a scientific experiment that uses Internet connected computers in the search for extra terrestrial life. The mission of the SETI Institute is to explore, understand and explain the origin, nature...
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SETI news, blogs, and links. SETI@home is a scientific experiment that uses Internet connected computers in the search for extra terrestrial life. The mission of the SETI Institute is to explore, understand and explain the origin, nature and prevalence of life in the universe.
Scientists have started to scan the heavens with a new telescope that searches for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence 24 hours a day, seven days a week. (Courtesy Seth Shostak, Senior Astronomer, SETI Institute) New Tools Help in Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence OPINION By LEE DYE June 3, 2009 — An innovative new radio telescope has given new life to the search for extraterrestrial intelligence , leading one of the leaders of the search to make a bold prediction. "We'll find ET... Read Full Story
SETI was originally part of NASA , now an independant organization and funded by donations is searching the universe for life. You’ll hear that the search for life in the universe is almost entirely an American inititive.
SETI is trying to receive messages from aliens on far planets - an electronic message in a bottle. This is a great interview with SETI’s Seth Shostak. Shostak mostly seriously, I think, wants to beam the World Wide Web into outer space. You’ll be intrigued by his... Read Full Story
CWT - Hat Creek, CA. A confidential Cats With Thumbs source at the SETI (Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) Allen Telescope Array confirmed to our reporter several messages originating from at least 25,000 light years away were received on December 18, 2007 at the Hat Creek monitoring station and verified by SETI scientists at the University of California, Berkley: " This should have been a red-letter day for SETI and the Nation," our source confided on condition he remain anonymous... Read Full Story
CWT - Hat Creek, CA. A confidential Cats With Thumbs source at the SETI (Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) Allen Telescope Array confirmed to our reporter several messages originating from at least 25,000 light years away were received on December 18, 2007 at the Hat Creek monitoring station and verified by SETI scientists at the University of California, Berkley: " This should have been a red-letter day for SETI and the Nation," our source confided on condition he remain anonymous... Read Full Story
The most Sun-like star ever found has some astronomers very excited. They say a planetary system around such a star would be the ideal place to find intelligent life.
HIP 56948 is a star that lies a little more than 200 light years from
Earth. Everything about this star, including its size, mass,
temperature, and chemical makeup, are all so similar to the Sun's that
no measurable differences have yet been detected.
The analysis was carried out by Jorge Melendez of Mount Stromlo... Read Full Story
Scientists have been searching for aliens for 50 years, scanning the skies with an ever-more sophisticated array of radio telescopes and computers. Known as Seti, the search marks its half-century this month. Jennifer Armstrong and Andrew Johnson examine its close – and not so close – encounters Rex Scientists have been searching for aliens for 50 years enlarge 1. Seti stands for the Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence. 2. If intelligent aliens are out there, Dr Seth Shostak, the Seti... Read Full Story
Nature.com -- Despite the long odds against success, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence has come a long way. The search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI), a research discipline that celebrates the 50th anniversary of its inaugural publication this week, has always sat at the edge of mainstream astronomy. This is partly because, no matter how scientifically rigorous its practitioners try to be, SETI can't escape an association with UFO believers and other such crackpots. But... Read Full Story
SETI's hunt for ET is revving up to warp speed, thanks largely to an infusion of $25 million from Seattle's most famous science-fiction fan, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. Allen will join scientists from SETI — the Search for
Extraterrestrial Intelligence — to unveil the Allen Telescope Array
devoted to answering the question: Is anyone out there? The observatory
consists of an array of 42 radio dishes
perched atop a volcanic plateau in Hat Creek, 300 miles northeast of
San Francisco... Read Full Story
“Scientists have been searching for aliens for 50 years, scanning the skies with an ever-more sophisticated array of radio telescopes and computers. Known as SETI, the search marks its half-century this month. Jennifer Armstrong and Andrew Johnson examine its close and not so close encounters,” reports The Independent. Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) is the collective name for a number of activities people undertake to search for extraterrestrial life. SETI projects use... Read Full Story
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What does it mean?
Radio - is the name given to the lowest energy region of the electromagnetic spectrum, which also contains gamma rays, visible light, microwaves, and other regions you may be familiar with.
In human speak please!
Radio waves were first predicted by Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell in 1864. Later, Italian Engineer Guglielmo Marconi developed a device that used radio waves for communicating over great distances. Today radio waves... Read Full Story
