“Men and Women wanted for a hazardous distributed computing Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. Low wages, bitter false positives, long hours of data crunching, overheating CPU's and GPUs. Safe return doubtful without caffeinated beverages. Honour and recognition in event of technosignal detection.” – ErnestShackleton@setiathome.berkeley.edu
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New "Panic Mode On (115) Server Problems?" thread https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=83895 replaces the (114) thread https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=83574, now closed to new posts.
2019.02.09 - The free 2019 BOINC workshop will be held July 9-12 in Chicago https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/stat/workshop.action
Be Kind to Extraterrestrials - We need to tread lightly if we encounter alien ecosystems - February 15, 2019 https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/be-kind-to-extraterrestrials/
2019.02.16 - Ask Ethan: What Will Our First Direct Image Of An Earth-Like Exoplanet Look Like? You’d be amazed at what you can learn from even one single pixel https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/ask-ethan-what-will-our-first-direct-image-of-an-earth-like-exoplanet-look-like-1053bd1923
Cosmos Season 2 Delayed, As Investigation of Neil deGrasse Tyson's Alleged Misconduct Winds Down - Feb 15 2019 https://tvline.com/2019/02/15/cosmos-season-2-delayed-neil-degrasse-tyson-investigated-misconduct/
On Being Accused - Neil deGrasse Tyson - Saturday, December 1, 2018 https://www.facebook.com/notes/neil-degrasse-tyson/on-being-accused/10156870826326613/
(Humor) A photon checks into a hotel... https://imgur.com/a/XUrFCnB
February 15, 2019 - “It is in our nature to explore, to reach out into the unknown. The only true failure would be not to explore at all.” -- Sir Ernest Shackleton born #OTD in 1874
NGC 2359: Thor's Helmet - Sat Feb 16 - https://spacefellowship.com/news/art54513/ngc-2359-thor-s-helmet.html
February 16, 2019 - What Exactly Is a Black Hole? https://www.astrowatch.net/2019/02/what-exactly-is-black-hole.html
There’s Almost No Antimatter In The Universe, And No One Knows Why : the Universe is filled with something, as opposed to nothing, and scientists don’t understand it https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/theres-almost-no-antimatter-in-the-universe-and-no-one-knows-why-382cee96b733
Feb 15, 2019 - If you’re a star, how you die depends on how big a star you are https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/gorgeousness-in-death
Celebrate Galileo's 455th birthday by walking in his footsteps - His scientific achievements at first drew acclaim and privilege but later brought him into conflict with Catholic doctrine and ended in humiliation and house arrest - February 15, 2019 http://www.astronomy.com/news/2019/02/experience-galileos-italy-for-his-455th-birthday
Experimental British satellite tests harpoon in orbit - February 15, 2019 https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/02/15/experimental-british-satellite-tests-harpoon-in-orbit/
(Music) Audiojack - 6EQUJ5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtVokbW4lKk&list=RDxlrSSP9I2Cg&index=2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wow!_signal
February 15, 2019 - NASA just got its best budget in a decade - After months of unrelated political turmoil, multiple stop-gap spending bills, and an unprecedented government shutdown that shuttered the U.S. space program for 35 days, legislation providing NASA's 2019 budget was finally signed into law http://www.planetary.org/blogs/casey-dreier/2019/0215-fy2019-nasa-gets-its-best-budget-in-decades.html
Breakthrough Propulsion Study - February 15, 2019 https://www.centauri-dreams.org/2019/02/15/breakthrough-propulsion-study/ "Breakthrough Propulsion Study: Assessing Interstellar Flight Challenges and Prospects.” http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20180006480
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