2019/03/08

SETI@home & Science Links on IRC 2019/03/08

SETI@home & Science Links on IRC 2019/03/08 https://setiathomeirclinks.blogspot.com/2019/03/setihome-science-links-on-irc-20190308.html RSS Feeds https://setiathomeirclinks.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default  http://feeds.feedburner.com/SETIathomeScienceIRClinks
“ 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
“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 (Feb. 15, 1874 - Jan. 5, 1922)
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2019.03.08 Happy International Women's Day ! In pictures: International Women's Day around the globe https://www.bbc.com/news/world-47499677

Women In AstronomyThursday, March 7, 2019More Women are Earning Doctorates in Science, Engineering, and Health But There’s Still Work To Do https://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2019/03/more-women-are-earning-doctorates-in.html

Cern cuts ties with 'sexist' scientist Alessandro Strumia https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47478537

Life probably exists beyond Earth. So how do we find it? With next-generation telescopes, tiny space probes, and more, scientists aim to search for life beyond our solar system—and make contact. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2019/03/extraterrestrial-life-probably-exists-how-do-we-search-for-aliens/   or  https://archive.st/archive/2019/3/www.nationalgeographic.com/suc2/www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2019/03/extraterrestrial-life-probably-exists-how-do-we-search-for-aliens/index.html

Asteroid 2019 DN passed us by on March 8. Meanwhile, "The Internet Is Freaking Out About Asteroids, But Here's Why You Shouldn't Panic" https://www.sciencealert.com/a-huge-asteroid-just-zoomed-by-earth-and-another-one-is-coming-soon NEO Earth Close Approaches https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_asteroid_close_approaches_to_Earth_in_2019

Radical Cosmology - Ideas before their time.- 400 years ago, some ideas about the cosmos were too scandalous to mention. When the Dominican friar Giordano Bruno suggested that planets existed outside our Solar System, the Catholic Inquisition had him arrested, jailed, and burned at the stake for heresy.Today, we have evidence of thousands of planets orbiting other stars.  Our discovery of extrasolar planets has dramatically changed ideas about the possibility for life elsewhere in the universe. https://seti.org/podcast/radical-cosmology

Keeping Humans in the Loop https://seti.org/podcast/keeping-humans-loop Hanging on to Humanity - Modern technology is great, but could we be losing control?  As our world becomes more crowded and demands for resources are greater, some people worry about humanity’s uncertain prospects.  An eminent cosmologist considers globe-altering developments such as climate change and artificial intelligence.  Will we be able to stave off serious threats to our future?

Why are governments banning Huawei’s 5G tech? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-47489411 2019-03-08T06:52:19

Dragon in graphics https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47453951 2019-03-07T19:02:24

Musk's SpaceX capsule set to splash down Friday after space station stop http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/scienceNews/~3/_hfG7bhBE6w/musks-spacex-capsule-set-to-splash-down-friday-after-space-station-stop-idUSKCN1QO2GW 2019-03-07T14:52:07

SpaceX Crew Dragon Splashes Down after Historic Test FlightSplashdown occurred at 8:45 am Eastern time about 230 miles off the Florida coast - March 8, 2019 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/spacex-crew-dragon-splashes-down-after-historic-test-flight/

What Lies Ahead for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program - March 8, 2019 https://www.parabolicarc.com/2019/03/08/lies-nasas-commercial-crew-program/

Videos of Crew Dragon Reentry, Splashdown and Recovery https://www.parabolicarc.com/2019/03/08/videos-crew-dragon-reentry-splashdown-recovery/

SpaceX Dragon demo capsule returns to Earth https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47477617

Close encounters of a different kind – what if Venus, Neptune or Saturn hovered close by? https://aeon.co/videos/close-encounters-of-a-different-kind-what-if-venus-neptune-or-saturn-hovered-close-by

13 of our favourite astronomical photos - Sharing Your ESO Pictures with the world https://www.eso.org/public/blog/our-favourite-astronomical-photos/

The Science Circling Above Us on the International Space Station https://www.parabolicarc.com/2019/03/08/science-circling-international-space-station/

SETI Institute Signs MOU with Unistellar to Develop and Enhance Citizen Science NetworkMarch 7, 2019 https://www.parabolicarc.com/2019/03/07/seti-institute-signs-mou-unistellar-develop-enhance-citizen-science-network/

Fires Rage in Victoria, Australia  https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144630/fires-rage-in-victoria

March 7, 2019 by Evan GoughThis is an Actual Photograph of the Shock Waves from Supersonic Jets Interacting with Each Other https://www.universetoday.com/141694/this-is-an-actual-photograph-of-the-shock-waves-from-supersonic-jets-interacting-with-each-other/

March 7, 2019 by Evan Gough- You’re in This Picture. It’s a Selfie Taken by SpaceIL’s Beresheet Lunar Lander on its Way to the Moon https://www.universetoday.com/141684/youre-in-this-picture-its-a-selfie-taken-by-spaceils-beresheet-lunar-lander-on-its-way-to-the-moon/

Women In AstronomyThursday, March 7, 2019More Women are Earning Doctorates in Science, Engineering, and Health But There’s Still Work To Do https://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2019/03/more-women-are-earning-doctorates-in.html

Converting Wi-Fi Signals to Electricity with New 2-D Materials https://www.techbriefs.com/component/content/article/1313-tb/stories/insider/33974-converting-wi-fi-signals-to-electricity-with-new-2-d-materials?Itemid=690

ESA's Space Weather Mission to Be Protected Against Stormy Sun https://www.astrowatch.net/2019/03/esas-space-weather-mission-to-be.html


Where’s the nearest planet where we could all live? https://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zq4cg82

Space's Deepest Secrets (TV Series documentary) (2 episodes)
- Expedition Extraterrestrial (2017) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o2CsFjKiGI
- Search for Alien Earths (2017) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tX-kLE4Dhmw
Space's Deepest Secrets - Journey to Alien Earths https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz6_UekgG0k

2015 Is Anybody Out There? (TV Movie documentary) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzQpcm_hWec  (looks like it is one of the 1rst 3 preceding videos but uploaders take liberties with their titles)

Where in the Universe are hidden aliens Documentary National Geography 2017 (Origins - NOVA with Neil deGrasse Tyson) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TnsMKpIqoM

Northern white rhinos: could science save the sub-species? https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-47422995/northern-white-rhinos-could-science-save-the-sub-species

A clue to why ice ages got much longer https://arstechnica.com/?p=1470005 2019-03-07T19:00:24

US Civil War-era tunnels and buildings found under Alcatraz prison https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-47475564 2019-03-07T18:19:28

Treasure trove of new insects discovered on island https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47483157 2019-03-07T14:31:10

Climate change: Rain melting Greenland ice sheet 'even in winter' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47485847 2019-03-07T14:01:46

Six ways that negativity can make you happy https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4j5WJHL5Yh1HQSyZmKhjkcx/six-ways-that-negativity-can-make-you-happy

March 8, 2019 by Evan GoughHo-Hum. More "Boring" Success for SpaceX as Crew Dragon Splashes Down https://www.universetoday.com/141703/ho-hum-more-boring-success-for-spacex-as-crew-dragon-splashes-down/

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2019/03/05

SETI@home & Science Links on IRC 2019/03/07

SETI@home & Science Links on IRC 2019/03/07 https://setiathomeirclinks.blogspot.com/2019/03/setihome-science-links-on-irc-20190305.html RSS Feeds https://setiathomeirclinks.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default http://feeds.feedburner.com/SETIathomeScienceIRClinks
“ 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
SETI@home is back up (7 Mar 2019) - "Hopefully there won't be any further problem. Our attempt to upgrade the memory on Oscar (the BOINC database machine) and Carolyn (the replica database) took a bit of DIMM swapping to find pairs of DIMMs that worked. Carolyn is still short two DIMMs (32 GB), but we didn't want to extend the outage any further to try to get it up to the full 192 GB. We might try to max out Carolyn during the outage next week. [edit]And as is usual after a long outage, we've got a large number of hosts out there starving for work. It'll take a little while before "no work" messages start to get less frequent.[/edit] 7 Mar 2019, 0:51:29 UTC https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=83989&postid=1983711 https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_server_status.php
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 (Feb. 15, 1874 - Jan. 5, 1922)
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(Previous status update) Long Outage this Week: "SETI@home will have an extended outage this week. The database backup is taking much longer than usual. This may be caused by the errors we're seeing with our memory upgrade. We will be looking into the memory errors wednesday morning (March 6). The projects may be down until after this work is done." (6 Mar 2019, 1:58:53 UTC) https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=83972&postid=1982953

PAPER - BOINC: A Platform for Volunteer Computing - David P. Anderson (Submitted on 5 Mar 2019) "Volunteer computing" is the use of consumer digital devices for high-throughput scientific computing. It can provide large computing capacity at low cost, but presents challenges due to device heterogeneity, unreliability, and churn. BOINC, a widely-used open-source middleware system for volunteer computing, addresses these challenges. We describe its features, architecture, and implementation." https://arxiv.org/abs/1903.01699

SETI Institute in the news February 21 - February 27, 2019 (Mar 7, 2019); SETI Institute Airborne Astronomy Ambassador Teachers Announced; Hippocamp, the Hidden Moon of Neptune; Lori Fenton Delves into the Hexagonal Dunes of Mars; Franck Marchis talks Adaptive Optics on Simulation; Seth Shostak on the Search and Its Challenges;  https://www.seti.org/seti-institute-news-february-21-february-27-2019

SETI Institute in the news February 14 - February 20, 2019Feb 26, 2019; Meet Hippocamp, the Little Neptunian Moon with a Rough History; Andrew Siemion Discusses Alien Life on Voice of Islam Radio; Arecibo Observatory Calls on Kids to Craft Message to the Stars https://www.seti.org/seti-institute-news-february-14-february-20-2019

David Brin about  the New Arecibo Message contest, which asks kids - not experts or scientists - to design our planet's next message to aliens https://www.setileague.org/editor/newAOmsg.htm

Galaxy Simulations Offer a New Solution to the Fermi Paradox https://www.quantamagazine.org/galaxy-simulations-offer-a-new-solution-to-the-fermi-paradox-20190307/?mc_cid=12beccef95&mc_eid=a2bccb49a5

What Does the Milky Way Weigh? Hubble and Gaia InvestigateRelease date: Mar 7, 2019 https://hubblesite.org/news_release/news/2019-16 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/mar/07/scientists-milky-way-weighs-galaxy-hubble-nasa

Planet or no Planet? Notes on Tau Ceti  https://blog.planethunters.org/2019/03/07/planet-or-no-planet/

March , Hayabusa2 Scores a Bulls-eye on Touchdown, More Explodey Fun on the Horizon https://planetary.org/blogs/jason-davis/hayabusa2-touchdown-recap.html

Falcon 9 Return to Port - March 7, 2019 https://nineplanets.org/news/falcon-9-return-to-port/

Earth's Low Orbit Needs Legal Protection Before It Becomes a Cosmic Junkyard https://gizmodo.com/earths-low-orbit-needs-legal-protection-before-it-becom-1832997885

ESO Becomes Shareholder in Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory - 7 March 2019 https://www.eso.org/public/announcements/ann19013/

What killed the dinosaurs? Astronomy and geology. https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/what-killed-the-dinosaurs-astronomy-and-geology

Canada’s long-awaited space strategy emphasizes AI, EO and deep-space roboticsby David Pugliese — March 7, 2019 https://spacenews.com/canadas-long-awaited-space-strategy-emphasizes-ai-eo-and-deep-space-robotics/ http://www.parabolicarc.com/2019/03/06/canada-launches-space-strategy/

It’s even harder to destroy asteroids than we thought: New research shows smacking an asteroid may fracture but not shatter it.By Alison Klesman  | Published: Thursday, March 7, 2019 https://www.astronomy.com/news/2019/03/its-even-harder-to-destroy-asteroids-than-we-thought

How the moon got its sunburn | March 7, 2019 - Every object, planet or person traveling through space has to contend with the sun’s damaging radiation – and the moon has the scars to prove it.  https://earthsky.org/space/how-moon-got-sunburn-solar-radiation-scars

Introducing 4MOST: The next generation survey telescope - 7 March 2019 - 4MOST will study thousands of spectra at once in the southern hemisphere and aims to be operational in 2022 https://www.spaceanswers.com/astronomy/introducing-4most-the-next-generation-survey-telescope/

March 6, 2019 by Matt Williams - Gamma Ray Telescopes could Detect Starships Powered by Black Hole https://www.universetoday.com/141657/gamma-ray-telescopes-could-detect-starships-powered-by-black-hole/

Wednesday, March 6, 2019 - China Preparing for Space Station Missions https://www.astrowatch.net/2019/03/china-preparing-for-space-station.html

Wednesday, March 6, 2019 - Russia, US to Continue Cooperation in Manned Space Programs After Crew Dragon’s Launch  https://www.astrowatch.net/2019/03/russia-us-to-continue-cooperation-in.html

Crew Dragon Returns to Earth on Friday - March 6, 2019 https://www.parabolicarc.com/2019/03/06/crew-dragon-returns-earth-friday/

Wednesday, March 6, 2019China to Open Chang'e-4 Lunar Probe Data to the World  https://www.astrowatch.net/2019/03/china-to-open-change-4-lunar-probe-data.html

March 6, 2019 by Matt Williams - Sorry Hollywood, it’s Going to Take a Lot More to Destroy an Asteroid https://www.universetoday.com/141685/sorry-hollywood-its-going-to-take-a-lot-more-to-destroy-an-asteroid/

Roscosmos Blames SpaceX For Being Successful - March 6, 2019 https://nasawatch.com/archives/2019/03/roscosmos-blame.html

The New Apollo 11 Documentary is Jaw-Droppingly Gorgeous | March 6, 2019 12:07 pm  https://blogs.discovermagazine.com/vintagespace/2019/03/06/the-new-apollo-11-documentary-is-jaw-droppingly-gorgeous/

Here's What Downtime Looked Like Going to the Moon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKvuzPbd_Go

Why Did We Test Nukes in Space? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcTrOGS3TyE

Gravity Industries to launch jetpack racing league next year http://www.rocketeers.co.uk/node/5831

Barbara Bosworth’s best photograph: midsummer moon over Boston - ‘Light pollution is making it increasingly hard to find a really dark night sky that lets you see the stars. It’s a shame for humanity’  https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/mar/06/barbara-bosworth-best-photograph-midsummer-moon-over-boston

AMAZING video: Hayabusa-2 shot a bullet at an asteroid and collected the shrapnel  https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/amazing-video-hayabusa-2-shot-a-bullet-at-an-asteroid-and-collected-the-shrapnel

Sirius Is The Brightest Star In The Night Sky, Seriously - https://astrobob.areavoices.com/2019/03/06/sirius-is-the-brightest-star-in-the-night-sky-seriously/

How to See Sirius in the Daytime | March 6, 2019 https://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/how-to-see-sirius-in-the-daytime/

Fifty years ago today, astronaut Rusty Schweickart had 5 minutes alone above the Earth. 2019 is the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 9 mission, crewed by Jim McDivitt, Doug Scott, and B612 co-founder Rusty Schweickart. There will be many celebrations of the mission. Some were this past Sunday on March 3rd, the 50th anniversary of the mission’s launch. Some will be on March 13th, the 50th anniversary of its landing. But here at B612 we want to celebrate the day Rusty had a life-changing experience that ultimately led to his founding of the B612 Foundation. It started with a mistake. https://b612foundation.org/50-years-ago-rusty-schweickart-had-5-minutes-alone/

SETI inspired Signal Simulator - links added : https://www.facebook.com/SignalSimulator/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/839310/Signal_Simulator/

February 26, 2019, 09:00 PST - A passing star: our Sun's near miss https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/blog/1549/a-passing-star-our-suns-near-miss/

March 7, 2019, 14:59 PST - Weird Worlds? Yes -- by the Trillion  https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/blog/1555/weird-worlds-yes-by-the-trillion/

Black Hole Propulsion as Technosignatureby - Paul Gilster on March 6, 2019 https://www.centauri-dreams.org/2019/03/06/black-hole-propulsion-as-technosignature/

Why Do Some Galactic Unions Lead to Doom? | February 27, 2019 https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/news/1551/why-do-some-galactic-unions-lead-to-doom/

Why is the James Webb Space Telescope taking so long? Mar 2, 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8yRDrl76d0

March 05, 2019 - Merchants of Hype https://backreaction.blogspot.com/2019/03/merchants-of-hype.html See also "How tech's richest plan to save themselves after the apocalypse" https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/23/tech-industry-wealth-futurism-transhumanism-singularity

Mar 5 How Did The Universe Expand To 46 Billion Light-Years In Just 13.8 Billion Years? If you think it expanded faster than light-speed, you need to read this. https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/how-did-the-universe-expand-to-46-billion-light-years-in-just-13-8-billion-years-a52d2648a106

A Shocking Model of FRBs https://astrobites.org/2019/03/05/shocking-model-frbs/

Mar 2019 01:00:00 -0500 - There’s an arms race going on in this bird nest. Scientists are uncovering how each side fights back https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/03/there-s-arms-race-going-bird-nest-scientists-are-uncovering-how-each-side-fights-back

NASA visualizes supersonic shockwaves in a new, awe-inspiring way https://arstechnica.com/?p=1469125

Climate change: Long Antarctic satellite record is secured https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47461199

Deus Ex...Artificial Intelligence? https://the1a.org/shows/2019-03-05/deus-ex-artificial-intelligence

Hayabusa-2: Movie shows moment of asteroid landing https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47459248

Computer Program Measures the Entropy of Art http://rss.sciam.com/~r/ScientificAmerican-News/~3/9xPvNg3GkDk/

Bird extinctions 'driven' by global food trade https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47441292

SETI Institute in the news February 14 - February 20, 2019 (Feb 26, 2019) https://seti.org/seti-institute-news-february-14-february-20-2019

Why you think you’re right, even when you’re wrong - Mar 9, 2017 https://ideas.ted.com/why-you-think-youre-right-even-when-youre-wrong/

Quotes Aabout Aliens https://spacequotations.com/quotes-about-aliens/

RIP Keith Flint | The Prodigy - No Tourists - Give Me a Signal (feat. Barns Courtney) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOG8cCYDt1k&list=PLVONh1wUPeQmICwXoJnckGdFBUiLfLHib&index=10 The Prodigy - Out of Space (1992) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4eav7dFvc8
    “The key to SETI is to guess the type of communication that an alien society would use. The best guesses so far have been that they would use radio waves, and that they would choose a frequency based on ‘universal’ knowledge—for instance, the 1420 MHz hydrogen frequency. But these are assumptions formulated by the human brain. Who knows what sort of logic a superadvanced nonhuman life form might use? … Just 150 years ago, an eyeblink in history, radio waves themselves were inconceivable, and we were thinking of lighting fires to signal the Martians. “ — David E. Fisher  https://spacequotations.com/quotes-about-aliens/
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2019/03/02

SETI@home & Science Links on IRC 2019/03/02

SETI@home & Science Links on IRC 2019/03/02 https://setiathomeirclinks.blogspot.com/2019/03/science-links-on-irc-20190302.html RSS Feeds https://setiathomeirclinks.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default http://feeds.feedburner.com/SETIathomeScienceIRClinks
    “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
Project https://setiathome.berkeley.edu Servers' Status https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_server_status.php  Data Transfers (recent snapshot) https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/kiosk/ Is SETI@home Down ? https://www.isitdownrightnow.com/setiathome.berkeley.edu.html
    “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 (Feb. 15, 1874 - Jan. 5, 1922)
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March 1st, 2019 - Happy 20th birthday, SETI@home ! On 1999/05/17, SETI@home was publicly/officially lauched. But of course, it was already up and running on March 1st, 1999 http://seticlassic.ssl.berkeley.edu/classpages/index.html - if not before -, hence this new thread, the Welcome to the 20 Year Club! https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=83966 See ya - soon, too soon - there :) [Welcome to the 19 Year Club! https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=82917 Previous Years' Clubs! https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=81334&postid=1862566]

2019.03.01 21H UTC - Download server glitch - "We had a problem with one of our download servers that was slowing down downloads and slowing down work generation. We've fixed the problem, but there are lots of people out there trying to download. It'll probably be a while before our downloads aren't swamped with requests.Work ready to send has started trending back up, so we shouldn't end up with a work shortage." https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=83972&postid=1982953#1982953

2019.03.02 22H EST - The servers have been offline most of the time since then - outage expected to last until the Berkeley staff resumes work on monday
UNSTABLE COMMUNICATION - OF COURSE I STILL LOVE YOU
- SETI@home
NatGeoMag March 2019 edition: "We are not alone" ft. ProfSaraSeager and graphics from data by the PlanetaryHabLab https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D0V0GqmUcAA7rLV.jpg https://twitter.com/ProfAbelMendez/status/1100413365317320704

National Geographic Magazine, March 2019 - Life probably exists beyond Earth. So how do we find it? With next-generation telescopes, tiny space probes, and more, scientists aim to search for life beyond our solar system—and make contact. https://pastebin.com/X2jDpJPf

Sat 2 Mar 2019 SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft launches successfully  with US capsule blasts off for space station - Launch brings US plans to resume sending people into space in own spacecraft closer https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/mar/02/spacex-crew-dragon-spacecraft-successfully-launches
WATCH LIVE: SpaceX to Launch Falcon 9 Rocket #CrewDragon (DM-1) @2:49am EST  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-klrNr0g8Q

2019-02-28 NASA's Webb Telescope Will Study an Iconic Supernova, SN 1987A https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2019/nasas-webb-telescope-will-study-an-iconic-supernova

2019-02-28 Canada joins U.S.-led moon mission - External robotic arm with artificial intelligence among country's possible contributions https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/canada-lunar-mission-1.5036570

On Young Love (of Radio Telescopes) · February 26, 2019 https://public.nrao.edu/blogs/on-young-love-of-radio-telescopes/

60-Second Science - Who Has "the Right Stuff" for Mars? February 26, 2019 Humans traveling to Mars will be required to operate with a degree of autonomy human astronauts have never had, due to communication delays. https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/who-has-the-right-stuff-for-mars/

Space 60-Second Science - Should Robots Have a License to Kill? https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/should-robots-have-a-license-to-kill/

Space 60-Second Science - Warming Climate Implies More Flies—and Disease https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/warming-climate-implies-more-flies-mdash-and-disease/

Opera gets to the core of Steve Jobs’ character- February 26, 2019 https://cosmiclog.com/2019/02/26/opera-gets-to-the-core-of-steve-jobs-character/

Ancient poop helps show climate change contributed to fall of Cahokia - February 25, 2019 https://news.wisc.edu/ancient-poop-helps-show-climate-change-contributed-to-fall-of-cahokia/

Thu, 28 Feb 2019 07:00:00 -0500 - University of California boycotts publishing giant Elsevier over journal costs and open access https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/02/university-california-boycotts-publishing-giant-elsevier-over-journal-costs-and-open

STEAM > Simulation Games > Signal Simulator : "Game inspired by SETI. Take the role of a scientist to find an extraterrestrial signal .Control massive Radio Antennas by using interactive control in your Observatory. Detect , download and decode unknown or story telling signals. Manage and Maintain an electrical system to improve your systems and make it more efficient. Detect more signals, earn credits and upgrade your systems to improve their performance." https://store.steampowered.com/app/839310/Signal_Simulator/
Screenshots  https://steamcommunity.com/app/839310/screenshots/ https://gameplay.tips/guides/3655-signal-simulator.html https://twitter.com/BlagoPenev
Signal Simulator Update 1.5 Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2ca-Hh69LI
SIGNAL SIMULATOR - Can We Find Alien Transmissions Using SETI? https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=15&v=jOqpxg4EWYk

2013 - Why We (Should) All Love The Stars https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2013/11/19/246196008/why-we-should-all-love-the-stars

YouTube VS21 Onboard cameras provide a rocket’s view of the 1st launch for OneWeb constellation-  - 1:06 - 2019-02-28 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgUbH02rju8

Rise of the botnetsWhen harnessed together, a network of zombie computers can be a force for evil — or good - Feb 21, 2019 — 6:45 am EST https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/botnets-malware-cyberattack-increase

Cool Jobs: Reaching out to E.T. is a numbers game Scientists are using math to find aliens — and talk to themIlima LoomisMar 23, 2017 https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/cool-jobs-reaching-out-et-numbers-game

YouTube  The Exploration of 2014 MU69 by New Horizons  - - 2019-02-28 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjF7zfYEO7c

First evidence of planet-wide groundwater system on Mars http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Mars_Express/First_evidence_of_planet-wide_groundwater_system_on_Mars

Critic’s Pick: ‘Apollo 11’ Review: The 1969 Moon Mission Still Has the Power to Thrill https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/27/movies/apollo-11-review.html

Airbus, OneWeb aim for new satellite era with first launch https://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-oneweb/airbus-oneweb-aim-for-new-satellite-era-with-first-launch-idUSKCN1QG0K7

Should we call out to space aliens? To speed the search for extraterrestrials, some scientists recommend sending signals to space - Mar 21, 2017 https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/should-we-call-out-space-aliens

[Ars Technica - Science] This is your brain on bungee jumping: Cliff divers take the leap for science https://arstechnica.com/?p=1466549 2019-03-01T00:02:18

Earth’s permafrost is heating upClimate change is warming soil that’s been frozen for centuries — and in some places thawing itSid PerkinsFeb 22, 2019 https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/earths-permafrost-heating-up-melting

Life beyond EarthAre we alone? Scientists search for an extraterrestrial answer - Jun 27, 2012 https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/life-beyond-earth

Fade to black? The universe is in declineA new sky survey finds stars and galaxies are dimming — releasing far less energy than even a few billion years agoIlima LoomisAug 18, 2015 — 7:00 am EST https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/fade-black-universe-decline

Scientists give some advice about pursuing a career in science https://soundcloud.com/user-318021059/scientists-give-some-advice-1



Scientists searching for extraterrestrial intelligence talk about what got them into the field https://soundcloud.com/user-318021059/scientists-searching-for

A physicist describes a low point in his career--and how he overcame it https://soundcloud.com/user-318021059/a-physicist-describes-a-low

Von Daniken's "Mayas as Ancient Aliens" debunked (again) https://twitter.com/DSAArchaeology/status/1100387789848408065

Defense officials: New military branch designed for the ‘unique culture’ of spaceby Sandra Erwin — March 2, 2019 https://spacenews.com/defense-officials-new-military-branch-designed-for-the-unique-culture-of-space/

Russia to Invest Over $450,000 in Development of Backpack Vacuum Cleaner for ISS https://www.astrowatch.net/2019/03/russia-to-invest-over-450000-in.html

Canada Joins Lunar Gateway Project https://www.astrowatch.net/2019/03/canada-joins-lunar-gateway-project.html

SpaceX Moves NASA One Step Closer to Resuming Astronaut Launches from U.S. Soil https://spacepolicyonline.com/news/spacex-moves-nasa-one-step-closer-to-resuming-astronaut-launches-from-u-s-soil/

Mars Rover Gets Work-out Controlled from More than 6,000 Miles Away https://www.astrowatch.net/2019/03/mars-rover-gets-work-out-controlled.html


Space Weather Kicks Up a Social Storm https://www.parabolicarc.com/2019/03/01/space-weather-kicks-social-storm/

InSight Update, Sol 92: The Mole Did Hit a Rock https://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2019/insight-update-sol-92-mole-rock.html

Want Your Remains Launched Into Space? https://www.davidreneke.com/want-your-remains-launched-into-space/

MilkyWay@home : Server Downtime Over the Weekend http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/forum_thread.php?id=4398

Meet Ripley: Special ‘Passenger’ on Crew Dragon https://blogs.nasa.gov/commercialcrew/2019/03/02/meet-ripley-special-passenger-on-crew-dragon/

We Just Discovered The Moon Moves Through Earth’s Atmosphere https://astrobob.areavoices.com/2019/03/01/we-just-discovered-the-moon-passes-through-earths-atmosphere/

More Evidence that Planet 9 is Really Out There https://www.universetoday.com/141644/more-evidence-that-planet-9-is-really-out-there/


Arianespace Successfully Performs the First of 21 Launches for the OneWeb Constellation https://www.astrowatch.net/2019/03/arianespace-successfully-performs-first.html

Neutron Stars: Nature's Weirdest Form of MatterThe insides of neutron stars—the densest form of matter in the universe—have long been a mystery, but it is one that scientists are starting to crack https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/neutron-stars-natures-weirdest-form-of-matter/

Papers present evidence for super Earth in the outer solar system https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/missions/solar-system/papers-present-evidence-for-super-earth-in-the-outer-solar-system/

Eleven hidden space history details in new documentary 'Apollo 11' https://www.collectspace.com/news/news-030119a-apollo11-documentary-film-details.html

The Cheater’s Guide to Interstellar Travel: A Conversation with Slava Turyshev https://blogs.discovermagazine.com/outthere/2019/02/28/cheaters-guide-to-interstellar-travel/

ARTEMIS Mission Reveals Origins of Moon's 'Sunburn' https://www.astrowatch.net/2019/02/artemis-mission-reveals-origins-of.html



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