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Posted in SETI on May 5th, 2008
NASA is preparing to send the Kepler spacecraft to the other side of the Sun in order to look for habitable planets. This is pretty cool. What’s really cool is I’m going with it:
Well, maybe not in body. But this is still very cool I think! I even got to send some words of wisdom [...]
Posted in SETI, Silly science, The Universe on Mar 10th, 2008
Alpha Centauri has long been speculated as having all kinds of different life forms. Wiki gives a good run-down. Starting in 1944…. Well, here’s a brief list:
In “Far Centaurus” (1944), the classic short story by A. E. van Vogt, an earth crew which travelled at sublight speed in hibernation to Alpha Centauri discover when they arrive that [...]
Posted in Conspiracy Theories, Oddities, SETI on Jan 15th, 2008
All over the news is the story of dozens of people in Stephenville, Texas seeing a UFO. In this day and age of just about every person having a cell phone or gadget with a cheap digital camera in it, did one single person in Stephenville think to get a pic of this thing? That [...]
Posted in SETI on Dec 17th, 2007
Arthur C. Clarke made a birthday wish list for his 90th. the list includes:
for the world to embrace cleaner energy resources,
for a lasting peace in his adopted home, Sri Lanka,
evidence of extraterrestrial beings.
You’d think by wishing for the second wish he’d have to be a little hesitant about wishing for the third wish. Man has [...]
Posted in SETI, The Solar System on Aug 23rd, 2007
I’ve probably used that title before. It’s a fun Bowie song. However, it’s been a neverending question in science for about the last fifty years or so. Especially the last thirty or so when we actually started visiting Mars. It’s teased us with potential, but so far no concrete evidence. Now, ya gotta understand the [...]
Posted in Books, Film, Intelligent Design, Oddities, Paranormal, Religion, SETI, The Solar System, The Universe on Aug 14th, 2007
Better turn down the lights and pour yourself a strong one, this post is DEEP.
OK, ready?
I have been a huge fan of Arthur C. Clarke, particularly of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Most people are familiar with the movie. I consider it the greatest sci-fi movie ever made. However, it is somewhat vague in what is [...]
Posted in SETI, The Universe on Jul 11th, 2007
For the last few years, scientists have been “discovering” planets in other solar systems. Now, “finding” rocks orbiting far away suns doesn’t excite me too much. Unlike some people, I have never doubted there are millions upon millions of planets out there. The challenge to me, is finding planets where life exists. [...]
Posted in SETI, The Universe on Apr 25th, 2007
This is very cool:
An Earth-like planet spotted outside our solar system is the first found that could support liquid water and harbor life, scientists announced today……
The new planet is about 50 percent bigger than Earth and about five times more massive. The new “super-Earth” is called Gliese 581 C, after its star, Gliese 581, [...]
Posted in SETI on Dec 9th, 2006
I got a very cool email tonight:
Dear Moonage,SETI@home needs your help. The SETI@home team has accomplished much in the past 6 months. We have successfully deployed the “enhanced” version of SETI@home. The new seven beam data recorder has been installed at Arecibo (the world’s largest radio telescope) and is recording the data that will be [...]
Posted in SETI, The Universe, Travel on Aug 1st, 2006
I found this article very intriguing:
Habitable Planet Possible Around Nearby Star System
The 55 Cancri system involves three gas giant planets and another world that could be icy or rocky and is about the size of Neptune. The setup is 41 light-years from Earth and about 4.7 billion years old, comparable to our Sun.
Only 41 [...]