SETI@home & Science IRC Links 2019/02/19

SETI@home & Science IRC Links 2019/02/19 https://setiathomeirclinks.blogspot.com/2019/02/setihome-science-irc-links-20190219.html

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Meet Your Fellow Volunteer Computing Enthusiasts at the BOINC Workshop 2019 : It's almost that time of year again...the 13th annual BOINC Workshop is happening from July 9 to July 12, and registration is now open. This year, the workshop is being hosted by World Community Grid in IBM's Chicago offices https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewNewsArticle.do?articleId=587

2019.02.17 So where are the aliens? Dr. Andrew Siemion, director of the Berkeley SETI Research Center and the Principal Investigator of Breakthrough Listen, is interviewed by the SETI Institute's Seth Shostak on BBC World Service's Documentary program called 'So Where are the Aliens?' along with fellow ET researchers, Jill Tarter, Kathryn Denning, Doug Vakoch, Chris McKay, and Frank Drake https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csygr1

Space Calendar 2019: Launches, Sky Events & More https://www.space.com/32286-space-calendar.html

Technology and Digital Citizenship-How to Sponsor Global Digital Society and Why it Matters to the World https://www.scientificworldinfo.com/2019/02/digital-citizenship-how-to-sponsor-global-digital-society.html

Opportunity Rover: Shadow of a Martian Robot https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190217.html

Parkes Observatory: New Universe map unearths 300,000 more galaxies https://finance.yahoo.com/news/universe-map-unearths-300-000-more-galaxies-081007520.html

NASA to Explore Early Universe, Origins of Life with SPHEREx https://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/nasa-explore-universe-origins-spherex/

How to Find Exoplanets and ‘Listen’ to Their Stars with TESS https://aasnova.org/2019/02/19/how-to-find-exoplanets-and-listen-to-their-stars-with-tess/

How Teamwork Could Make or Break NASA Mars Mission https://www.astrowatch.net/2019/02/how-teamwork-could-make-or-break-nasa.html

Why Supersymmetry May Be The Greatest Failed Prediction In Particle Physics History: It was so well-motivated and compelling. But the particles never appeared - With the LHC’s Run II complete, we know those particles aren’t where they need to be https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/why-supersymmetry-may-be-the-greatest-failed-prediction-in-particle-physics-history-e4e7d3879a00

The Search for Black Hole Teenagers https://astrobites.org/2019/02/19/the-search-for-black-hole-teenagers/

UPDATE: LRO looks down on Chang'e-4. *Straight* down https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/update-lro-looks-down-on-change-4-straight-down

The case for protecting the Apollo landing areas as heritage sites http://www.astronomy.com/news/2019/02/the-case-for-protecting-the-apollo-landing-areas-as-heritage-sites

A solar flare 10 billion times more powerful than sun’s https://earthsky.org/space/solar-flare-10-billion-times-more-powerful-than-suns

Astro Watch: £18 Million for OneWeb Satellite Constellation to Deliver Global Communications : Affordable worldwide internet coverage is one step closer today https://www.astrowatch.net/2019/02/18-million-for-oneweb-satellite.html  https://spacenews.com/uk-jump-starts-oneweb-esa-program-with-23-million-pledge/ http://www.oneweb.world/

Planet Pluto at 89: Biased IAU Documents Reveal Depth of Denial - Laurel's Pluto Blog https://laurele.livejournal.com/97512.html

An astronomical data challenge : The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope will manage unprecedented volumes of data produced each night https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/an-astronomical-data-challenge

The Mathematical Question From Which All Answers Flow http://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/?p=10842

What to expect when Hayabusa2 collects a sample from Ryugu http://www.planetary.org/blogs/jason-davis/what-to-expect-hayabusa2.html

Heart of the Galaxy (Heart Nebula) https://www.skyandtelescope.com/online-gallery/heart-of-the-galaxy/

New LOFAR radio map reveals huge number of previously unseen galaxies https://astronomynow.com/2019/02/19/new-radio-map-reveals-huge-number-of-previously-unseen-galaxies/

Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko Sculpted by Stress https://www.astrowatch.net/2019/02/comet-67pchuryumovgerasimenko-sculpted.html

This Star Has Been Going Nova Every Year, for Millions of Years https://www.universetoday.com/141536/this-star-has-been-going-nova-every-year-for-millions-of-years/

Gateway Foundation Shows off Their Plans for an Enormous Rotating Space Station https://www.universetoday.com/141523/gateway-foundation-shows-off-their-plans-for-an-enormous-rotating-space-station/

This is a Dust Devil… on Mars https://www.universetoday.com/141537/this-is-a-dust-devil-on-mars/

President Trump signs directive to create new Space Force under the Air Force’s wing https://www.geekwire.com/2019/president-trump-signs-directive-create-space-force-air-forces-wing/  https://www.nytimes.com/video/science/space/100000006368485/trump-space-force.html http://nasawatch.com/archives/2019/02/spd-4-signed-cr.html

NASA Tests Urban Drone Traffic Management in Nevada, Texas http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-tests-urban-drone-traffic-management-in-nevada-texas

The Mars Society is looking for a number of responsible volunteers to help support and manage the 22nd Annual International Mars Society Convention, scheduled for October 17-20, 2019 at the University of Southern California (Los Angeles). All volunteers who participate in the running of the Mars Society convention for at least 10 hours over the course of the four day conference will receive free entrance to the event (not including the Saturday evening banquet). To register as a volunteer or request additional information, please contact Carie (cfay at marssociety.org). http://www.marssociety.org/looking-for-a-few-good-vols/ http://www.marssociety.org/dates-location-theme-announced-for-22nd-annual-international-mars-society-convention/

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