“ 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)LINKS
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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