SSLOI: April 2019

2019/04/29

SETI@home & Science Links on IRC 2019/04/29

SETI@home & Science Links on IRC 2019/04/29 https://setiathomeirclinks.blogspot.com/2019/04/setihome-science-links-on-irc-20190429.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.” (adapted from the apocryphal newspaper ad made by famed explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton)

SETI@home is down? A check list https://setiathomeirclinks.blogspot.com/2019/04/is-setihome-down.html

"The difference between seing nothing but a pebble and reading the history of the Cosmos inscribed inside it is Science." - Ann Druyan https://www.instagram.com/p/BvzENmghUZA/

"Get your circle of people involved. It isn't all about the fastest server farm (though those are important), it is about reaching people and making them a part of something bigger even if they only have a crappy slow machine at home. It is part a public relations outreach as we make people feel a part of something that they will then maybe financially donate to, and/or elect science friendly politicians who will help. I can't wait for my new seti shirt to get here, and remind people that this project is still around after 20 years and hopefully get more people in the tent." - Unixchick https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=83777&postid=1990998

Is SETI@home Down ?

Is SETI@home Down? A checklist :

Could it be SETI@home's weekly 3-5 hours long scheduled Tuesday Maintenance Outage ?
Could it be a problem with your ISP or with your own equipments ?
Check the servers' status (if accessible) at https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_server_status.php ...
Is SETI@home unreachable for other users too ? https://www.isitdownrightnow.com/setiathome.berkeley.edu.html ...
Is UC Berkeley having network problems or maintenance ? http://systemstatus.berkeley.edu/
Howl at the Moon and/or Burn your hair (optional).
Check for possible status reports at https://twitter.com/BerkeleySETI
Check for possible status reports at https://www.facebook.com/BerkeleySETI/ ...
A thread (if accessible) where usually the first signs of panic appear : The Server Issues / Outages Thread - Panic Mode On! ... which is now in its 118th session https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=84983 (the 119th is around the corner)...
The 2nd place of choice if SETI@home is down is The SETI is Down Café Thread https://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/forum_thread.php?id=8105&sort_style=5&start=0 ...
If BOINC is also down (UC Berkeley being in charge for both projects' servers), the Seti Refuge Bar and Bistro Wing of Cafe Einstein is the usually the next goto place : https://einsteinathome.org/content/seti-refuge-bar-bistro-wing-cafe-einstein ...
This active SETI@home Facebook group sometimes nails it: https://www.facebook.com/groups/317689381579505/ ...
If you're desperate enough, and if the previous suggestions didn't quite work, why not rely on Richard's Maneuver ? Go to the local bar until things eventually settle down one way or the other.

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2019/04/25

SETI@home & Science Links on IRC 2019/04/25

SETI@home & Science Links on IRC 2019/04/25 https://setiathomeirclinks.blogspot.com/2019/04/setihome-science-links-on-irc-20190425.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.” (adapted from the apocryphal newspaper ad made by famed explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton)

"Get your circle of people involved. It isn't all about the fastest server farm (though those are important), it is about reaching people and making them a part of something bigger even if they only have a crappy slow machine at home. It is part a public relations outreach as we make people feel a part of something that they will then maybe financially donate to, and/or elect science friendly politicians who will help. I can't wait for my new seti shirt to get here, and remind people that this project is still around after 20 years and hopefully get more people in the tent." - Unixchick https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=83777&postid=1990998

"The difference between seing nothing but a pebble and reading the history of the Cosmos inscribed inside it is Science." - Ann Druyan https://www.instagram.com/p/BvzENmghUZA/

BOINC NATION Server : a Discord text channel for BOINC volunteers | BOINC NATION is a non-partisan community, where every volunteer, team founder, captain, co-founder, co-captain, lone wolf, and even every cruncher who wishes to remain anon, is welcome as long as he participates in the development of Science through distributed computing. https://setiathomeirclinks.blogspot.com/2019/04/boinc-nation-server-discord-text.html https://boinc.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=12827

It's almost not too late yet: Get one of the remaining 20th Anniversary T-Shirts at https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=84069

Free-DC April 2019 Donation Drive https://stats.free-dc.org/donate

BOINCstats Donation Drive https://boincstats.com/en/page/donate

The Strongest Supercomputer on Earth Still Needs Your Laptop to Cure Cancer - Volunteer computing and BOINC, once the future of research, are an ocean of unrealized promise. Why? Its creators don't have a way to reach out to you. https://www.inverse.com/article/6592-supercomputer-boinc-update

We have created a non-team-partisan BOINC Telegram group! https://t.me/BOINC_Telegram

Everyone from any team is welcome to join and further BOINC development, or just to chat! http://wuprop.boinc-af.org/forum_thread.php?id=438&postid=5172 https://t.me/BOINC_Telegram https://telegram.org/

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A Multi-Planetary Life - In the words of Elon Musk, founder and CEO of SpaceX, "It's important that we attempt to extend the life beyond Earth now. It is the first time in the four-billion-year history of Earth that it's been possible, and that window could be open for a long time - hopefully, it is - or it could be open for a short time. We should err on the side of caution and do something now." https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/20313/20190417/a-multi-planetary-life.htm

A Look Inside NASA's 747 That Carries an Enormous Telescope https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/telescopes/a24146/nasa-747-giant-telescope/

Strange and colorful light configurations after an aurora were part of a NASA rocket test. 'Alien' Lights in Norway Were a NASA Test, Not an Extraterrestrial Visit https://www.space.com/aurora-alien-lights-nasa.html

Universe’s 1st type of molecule found at last https://earthsky.org/space/universe-1st-type-molecule-found-helium-hydride

Life May Have Evolved Before Earth Finished Forming https://www.space.com/did-earth-life-start-on-planetesimal.html

Women in Space: A Gallery of Firsts https://www.space.com/16143-women-space-firsts-gallery.html

French seismometer detects first likely “marsquake” https://astronomynow.com/2019/04/24/french-seismometer-detects-first-likely-marsquake/

How to tell if an asteroid is going to kill youWith 20,000 space rocks whizzing around Earth’s neighbourhood, picking the one that’s going to smack into the planet is a tricky task. https://cosmosmagazine.com/space/how-to-tell-if-an-asteroid-if-going-to-kill-you

How Astronomers Used Asteroids to Measure Stars https://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/how-astronomers-used-asteroids-measure-stars/

Lunar base and Gateway part of sustainable long-term human exploration plan https://spacenews.com/lunar-base-and-gateway-part-of-sustainable-long-term-human-exploration-plan/

The Emergency Launch Abort Systems of SpaceX and Boeing Explaine https://www.space.com/launch-abort-systems-of-spacex-boeing.html
How would you survive on Mars? (w/video) https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/space/newsid=52669.php
[NPR - Science] Former Astronaut On Watching For Life-Destroying Objects From Space https://www.npr.org/2019/04/21/715616231/former-astronaut-on-watching-for-life-destroying-objects-from-space?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=science 2019-04-21T07:46:58
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/jason-davis/spacex-crew-dragon-testing-mishap.html

Crew Dragon Test Vehicle Suffers Mishap during Engine Testing http://www.planetary.org/blogs/jason-davis/spacex-crew-dragon-testing-mishap.html

[Ars Technica - Science] Surprise! Satellites show that thermometers don’t lie https://arstechnica.com/?p=1493715 2019-04-19T19:15:4

What Going To Mars Will Do To Our Bodies https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-going-to-mars-will-do-to-our-bodies/

[23:23:27] <Tessa> [Title] What Going To Mars Will Do To Our Bodies
NASA: When India Blew up a Satellite, It Endangered Astronauts - April 2nd https://futurism.com/the-byte/nasa-indias-satellite-endangered-astronauts

This is Cool — Listen to (Possible) Mars Quakes! http://www.parabolicarc.com/2019/04/23/cool-listen-mars-quakes/ NASA's InSight Detects First Likely 'Quake' on Mars https://mars.nasa.gov/news/8430/nasas-insight-detects-first-likely-quake-on-mars/?site=insight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLBP-5KoSCc https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/22429/

NASA moves ahead with cargo Dragon launch after Crew Dragon anomaly https://spacenews.com/nasa-moves-ahead-with-cargo-dragon-launch-after-crew-dragon-anomaly/

Celebrate 50 Years of Space Feats with USRA Symposium https://www.space.com/usra-space-exploration-conference-2019-webcast.html https://www.space.com/17933-nasa-television-webcasts-live-space-tv.html Exploring New Space Frontiers at the April 23 USRA Symposium https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lncEVc53ukc

This Is How To Bring Dark Skies Back In An Increasingly Developed WorldWell-lit cities and towns are essential to public safety. That doesn’t have to ruin the night sky. https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/this-is-how-to-bring-dark-skies-back-in-an-increasingly-developed-world-55d35e31b7e1

Building Mars 2020 https://nineplanets.org/news/building-mars-2020/

Did an interstellar traveler hit Earth in 2014? https://earthsky.org/space/interstellar-object-similar-to-oumuamua-strike-earth-2014

A Beautiful End to a Star’s Life https://www.astrowatch.net/2013/07/a-beautiful-end-to-stars-life.html

Astronomers Think a Meteor Came from Outside the Solar System https://www.universetoday.com/142025/astronomers-think-a-meteor-came-from-outside-the-solar-system/

Lessons of Apollo Can Help NASA Ace Return to the Moon, Experts Say https://www.space.com/apollo-lessons-nasa-return-moon-return.html

The Best Hubble Space Telescope Images of All Time! https://www.space.com/best-hubble-space-telescope-images.html

Russia May Soon Mothball Its Most Historic Launchpad: Report https://www.space.com/russia-may-decommission-historic-launchpad.html

The Mystery of Antimatter https://www.space.com/antimatter.html

Talking Black Holes with Astrophysicist Katie MackOne of astronomy’s great explainers tells you about the Event Horizon Telescope’s image and plenty more https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/talking-black-holes-with-astrophysicist-katie-mack/

Scientists Take a Step Toward Decoding ThoughtsNew study gets closer to restoring natural communication for those who cannot speak https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientists-take-a-step-toward-decoding-thoughts/

Earth Day 2019: How NASA Data Helps US Deal with Disasters and Climate Change https://www.space.com/nasa-amazing-earth-data-stories.html

Ep. 527: Ancient Astronomy of the American Southwest https://www.universetoday.com/142040/ep-527-ancient-astronomy-of-the-american-southwest/

For habitability, two stars are not better than one https://astrobites.org/2019/04/25/for-habitability-two-stars-are-not-better-than-one/

Could interstellar visitors like 'Oumuamua actually help planets form? https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/could-interstellar-visitors-like-oumuamua-actually-help-planets-form

The US Navy Wants Pilots to Report UFO Sightings https://astronaut.com/the-us-navy-wants-pilots-to-report-ufo-sightings/

Elon Musk unveils Tesla’s Robotaxi concept https://cosmiclog.com/2019/04/22/elon-musk-unveils-teslas-robotaxi-concept/

The Notre Dame Fire and the Space Movement: The discussion about the hundreds of millions of dollars and euros that have already been pledged to rebuild the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris has ramifications for the space movement. If instead of devoting all those resources to restoring one old building, some ask, what if that money would be used to provide food, health care, housing, and so on for those without it, or even for infrastructure? Where are the priorities? https://space.nss.org/the-notre-dame-fire-and-the-space-movement/

This colorful printed patch makes you pretty much invisible to AI [The Verge] https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/23/18512472/fool-ai-surveillance-adversarial-example-yolov2-person-detection

Professor: Total Surveillance Is the Only Way to Save Humanity https://futurism.com/simulation-mass-surveillance-save-humanity

May 13th Release: What We Left Behind: Looking Back At Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (2019) - Official Trailer (HD) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4LPDX6uqSM&feature=youtu.be https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6332276/reference

Star Trek's Synthehol, anyone ? "A Non-Addictive, Hangover-Free Synthetic Alcohol Containing an Alcohol Replacement Molecule Called 'Alcosynth' Soon to be Made Available" https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/20475/20190419/a-non-addictive-hangover-free-synthetic-alcohol-soon-to-be-made-available.htm

Sleep Health: What Science Has to Say About Catching Up on Lost Zzz'sSnoozing on Saturday is no longer the cure-all. https://www.inverse.com/article/54942-catch-up-on-sleep-video

New 25-Tonne Building Blocks Can be Walked and Pivoted into Place By Hand https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/20479/20190419/new-25-tonne-building-blocks-walked-pivoted-place-hand.htm

Cornell scientists create ‘living’ machines that eat, grow, and evolve https://thenextweb.com/robots/2019/04/19/cornell-scientists-create-living-machines-that-eat-grow-and-evolve/

[BBC - Science & Environment] 'Exhilarating' implant turns thoughts to speech https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-48037592 2019-04-24T17:00:34

[Scientific American] Scientists Take a Step Toward Decoding Thoughts http://rss.sciam.com/~r/ScientificAmerican-News/~3/HmOuqTAmy8o/ 2019-04-24T17:00:00

Yes, scientific theories have to be falsifiable. Why do we even have to talk about this? http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2019/04/yes-scientific-theories-have-to-be.html

IRC QDB: Quote Database http://www.bash.org/?latest

BOOKS How to Defend Yourself Against Alien Abduction by Ann Druffel https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/664458.How_to_Defend_Yourself_Against_Alien_Abduction

Easter Bunny Save The Day in Orlando https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q37SuTMRIQ

Mark Holmgren - "The first time I saw a flying saucer was when I pinched a waitress.

RationalWiki Community on Discord https://discord.gg/qaRBu98

Carl Sagan on bamboozling http://i.imgur.com/DEAK3eX.jpg

For a good laugh : "Stuck Between The Rock And Deep Space" https://www.wbur.org/endlessthread/2019/01/25/stuck-between-the-rock-and-deep-space # radioplay # humor # oumuamua # SETI # parody # reddit # actionfilms

Colonialism as mitosis – the rise and fall of empires, rendered as cell division https://aeon.co/videos/colonialism-as-mitosis-the-rise-and-fall-of-empires-rendered-as-cell-division

How to reduce digital distractions: advice from medieval monks https://aeon.co/ideas/how-to-reduce-digital-distractions-advice-from-medieval-monks

Love in a time of Street View: on the fraught intersection of human and digital memory https://aeon.co/videos/love-in-a-time-of-street-view-on-the-fraught-intersection-of-human-and-digital-memory

How do we pry apart the true and compelling from the false and toxic? https://aeon.co/ideas/how-do-we-pry-apart-the-true-and-compelling-from-the-false-and-toxic

RIP Pikachu: Ashes of Beloved Cat Will Launch to Space in Cosmic Burial https://www.space.com/first-cat-space-burial-celestis.html

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2019/04/19

SETI@home & Science Links on IRC 2019/04/19

SETI@home & Science Links on IRC 2019/04/19 https://setiathomeirclinks.blogspot.com/2019/04/setihome-science-links-on-irc-20190419.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.” – SetizenErnestShackleton@setiathome.berkeley.edu

SETI@home is down? Really ? Check first https://setiathome.berkeley.edu https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_server_status.php https://www.isitdownrightnow.com/setiathome.berkeley.edu.html Discuss and/or commiserate on: The Panic Mode forum https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=84081&sort=5
The SETI is Down café https://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/forum_thread.php?id=8105&sort_style=5&start=0 Unofficial SETI@home group on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/317689381579505/ or Your favorite SETI@home channel ^^

[ George Takei on Twitter: "The only regret I have about the image of the black hole is that the late great Stephen Hawking did not get to witness it. How awesome and humbled he would have felt, knowing his predictions had held true." ] - https://bit.ly/2XaOPX5

"I have learned to use the word 'impossible' with great caution." - Wernher Von Braun

Free-DC April 2019 Donation Drive https://stats.free-dc.org/donate

BOINC NATION Server : a Discord text channel for BOINC volunteers | BOINC NATION is a non-partisan community, where every volunteer, team founder, captain, co-founder, co-captain, lone wolf, and even every cruncher who wishes to remain anon, is welcome as long as he participates in the development of Science through distributed computing. https://setiathomeirclinks.blogspot.com/2019/04/boinc-nation-server-discord-text.html https://boinc.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=12827

It's not too late yet: Get your 20th Anniversary T-Shirt at https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=84069

BOINC Pentathlon 2019 https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=84122&postid=1989389#1989389

Make Your Own Gravitational Waves with 'BlackHoles@Home By Hanneke Weitering 2019-04-19T11:00:03Z https://www.space.com/black-holes-at-home-gravitational-wave-simulations.html https://blackholesathome.net/

2019.03.18 #151 - Will We Destroy the Future? A Conversation with Nick Bostrom https://samharris.org/podcasts/151-will-destroy-future/

Are We In A 'Galactic Zoo' Protected By Aliens? Scientists Meet To Investigate The 'Great Silence' https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2019/03/18/are-we-in-a-galactic-zoo-protected-by-aliens-scientists-meet-to-investigate-the-great-silence/

Feb 2018 - Crypto-Currency Is Sabotaging The Search For Alien Life https://www.iflscience.com/technology/crypto-currency-is-sabotaging-the-search-for-alien-life/

June 2017 - We Spoke To The Man Who Started The Hunt For Intelligent Alien Life https://www.iflscience.com/space/we-spoke-to-the-man-who-started-the-hunt-for-intelligent-alien-life/

May 2018 - The Golden Record May Not Have The Intended Effect, According To Scientists https://www.iflscience.com/space/the-golden-record-may-just-end-up-confusing-et-scientists-claim-/

2016 - How Do We Tell The World That We've Found Alien Life? https://www.iflscience.com/space/how-do-we-tell-world-weve-found-alien-life/

Who’s Out There-Anyone? A review (Pt. 2) https://astronaut.com/whos-out-there-anyone/

Who’s Out There-Anyone? A Review https://astronaut.com/whos-out-there-anyone-a-review/

Solving the Fermi paradox without assumptions - Alexander Berezin (Submitted on 27 Mar 2019) This paper suggests that a universal solution to the Fermi paradox exists and can be derived directly from the definition of life and/or intelligence, therefore eliminating the need for any questionable assumptions and even for the anthropic principle. The proposed solution puts an upper limit on the growth of civilizations that is independent of resource availability or biological factors. https://arxiv.org/abs/1903.11599

AstroAlert: NASA needs YOU! NASA is looking for citizen scientists to help collect data, through the GLOBE Observer app, for the ICESat-2 satellite, which was launched in September 2018. An instrument onboard called ATLAS fires 10,000 laser pulses at the Earth’s surface every second to measure the heights of trees, land features and sea elevation at any location on our planet by recording how long it takes these pulses of light to reflect back to the satellite. The goal is to use this information to monitor the health of the world’s forests, the impact of global warming on glaciers, and the rate at which sea levels are rising. https://lowell.edu/astroalert-nasa-needs-you/

Astrobiologists In Search of a BreakthroughResearchers consider the frontiers of life at an annual conference in Berkeley https://www.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/astrobiologists-search-breakthrough-180971988/

Our Ever-Growing Menagerie of Exoplanets https://manyworlds.space/2019/04/18/our-ever-growing-menagerie-of-exoplanets/

What gravitational waves can say about dark matter https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/what-gravitational-waves-can-say-about-dark-matter

Happy 29th Anniversary to Hubble! https://illuminateduniverse.org/2019/04/18/happy-29th-anniversary-to-hubble/

Behind the black holeStories from those working behind the scenes on the biggest discovery of the year https://www.eso.org/public/blog/behind-the-black-hole/

Zubrin Comments on New Independent Report on Human Mars Mission http://www.marssociety.org/zubrin-comments-on-new-independent-report-on-humans-mars-mission/

We Need a Space Resources InstituteThe moon and other bodies will ultimately be exploited; it’s crucial to do so in a thoughtful and organized way https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/we-need-a-space-resources-institute/

INFOGRAPHICS The black hole pictured by the Event Horizon Telescope The https://media.nature.com/w800/magazine-assets/d41586-019-01155-0/d41586-019-01155-0_16646070.jpg from https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01155-0

Hubble gets crabby for its 29th anniversary https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/hubble-gets-crabby-for-its-29th-anniversary

Cygnus Cargo Craft Attached to Station Until July https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2019/04/19/cygnus-cargo-craft-attached-to-station-until-july/

Adapting an iPhone for Astrophotography www.planetary.org/blogs/guest-blogs/2019/adapting-an-iphone-for-astrophotography.html

[Scientific American] Notre Dame's Architectural Legacy http://rss.sciam.com/~r/ScientificAmerican-News/~3/v9t1tqJdInw/ 2019-04-19T15:00:00

SOFIA detects long-sought primeval molecule https://astronomynow.com/2019/04/18/sofia-detects-long-sought-primeval-molecule/

Notre Dame Fire Damage Spotted from Space (Photo) https://www.space.com/notre-dame-fire-damage-satellite-photo.html

SciStarter: Citizen science enabling people from all walks of life to advance scientific research https://scistarter.com https://scistarter.com/finder

SIGNAL SIMULATOR @everyone Coffee Time 1.6.1 https://steamcommunity.com/gid/103582791462096585/announcements/detail/1767009111876183170 Update 1.6.1 - New Living quarters in the observatory Resting, every 20 minutes you can use the bed. This will forward the time in the game. Coffee is now drinkable. A Coffee machine in the kitchen to prepare you coffee. Rain and Snow Collision Particles Storage doors can be closed and open..

Could All Our Scientific Knowledge Come Tumbling Down Like A House Of Cards? We’ve put so much together about the Universe. Could it all come tumbling down? https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/could-all-our-scientific-knowledge-come-tumbling-down-like-a-house-of-cards-fbe210a37b1

Stopping an Earth-Bound Asteroid in its Tracks (Op-Ed) We really need to plan ahead. https://www.space.com/stopping-earth-bound-asteroid-op-ed.html

NEOWISE Celebrates Five Years of Asteroid Data https://www.astrowatch.net/2019/04/neowise-celebrates-five-years-of.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+AstroWatch+(Astro+Watch)

A stargazers’ guide to getting the most out of a light-polluted city sky https://www.theguardian.com/news/shortcuts/2019/apr/18/stargazer-guide-night-sky-light-pollution

Let’s talk about Exoplanetary Photospheres https://astrobites.org/2019/04/17/lets-talk-about-exoplanetary-photospheres/

Manual Command Likely Caused Israeli Moon Lander's CrashBy Leonard David 2 days ago SpaceflightFinal results of the crash investigation are expected in the coming weeks. https://www.space.com/israel-beresheet-moon-crash-manual-command.html

To Find Earth-Threatening Comets and Asteroids, Think SmallA constellation of tiny satellites carrying detectors that use synthetic tracking could improve our searches https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/to-find-earth-threatening-comets-and-asteroids-think-small/

Falcon Heavy center core toppled after landinghttps://spacenews.com/falcon-heavy-center-core-toppled-after-landing/

Pepsi Drops Plans to Use Orbital Billboard https://www.space.com/pepsi-drops-orbital-billboard-plans.html

Why we need to avoid more anti-satellite tests https://spacenews.com/why-we-need-to-avoid-more-anti-satellite-tests/

Budweiser Brews Limited Lager for Moon Landing 50th Anniversary https://www.space.com/budweiser-limited-edition-moon-landing-beer.html

Curiosity has Finally Sampled a Clay-Rich Region on Mars https://www.universetoday.com/141984/curiosity-has-finally-sampled-a-clay-rich-region-on-mars/

Despite the Crash, SpaceIL is Going Back to the Moon with Beresheet 2 https://www.universetoday.com/141996/despite-the-crash-spaceil-is-going-back-to-the-moon-with-beresheet-2/

‘Oumuamua-Like Objects Might Supercharge Planet FormationShowers of interstellar debris could speed up the assembly of worlds around young stars https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/oumuamua-like-objects-might-supercharge-planet-formation/

Physicists Think You Could Be Rescued from a Black Hole — But Don't Risk It https://www.space.com/wormholes-link-entangled-black-holes.html

Podcast: How The U.S. Is Reorganizing For Space Warfare https://aviationweek.com/space/podcast-how-us-reorganizing-space-warfare

Visualizing the Sun's magnetic field https://twitter.com/universal_sci/status/1118564574284931072

Detection of an Interstellar Meteor https://www.centauri-dreams.org/2019/04/17/detection-of-an-interstellar-meteor/

PLATO and the search for planets in the habitable zoneNovember 5, 2018| https://www.paulanthonywilson.com/exoplanets-2/plato-and-the-search-for-planets-in-the-habitable-zone/

Travel Through Wormholes Is Possible, But Slow https://www.astrowatch.net/2019/04/travel-through-wormholes-is-possible.html

10 Deep Lessons From Our First Image Of A Black Hole’s Event HorizonAnd what do we still have left to learn? https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/10-deep-lessons-from-our-first-image-of-a-black-holes-event-horizon-8e5cf1b0b5e2

Sex and the Cosmic CityColonizing space means reproducing there. We still don't know if that's possible. http://discovermagazine.com/2019/may/sex-in-the-cosmic-city

[Ars Technica - Science] The future of high-speed computing may be larger CPUs with optics https://arstechnica.com/?p=1493571 2019-04-19T15:50:11

Center Of The Milky Way Has Thousands Of Black Holes, Study Shows. https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/04/599437677/new-study-shows-the-center-of-the-milky-way-has-thousands-of-black-holes

TESS discovers its first Earth-sized planet - Orbiting a nearby star, the new planet is the smallest identified so far by the TESS mission. http://news.mit.edu/2019/tess-discovers-first-earth-sized-planet-0416

Adam Savage’s Tested Star Trek and The Golden Record - Offworld Episode 17 https://youtu.be/1JyF9d9wXnM

Deep Astronomy uploaded Event Horizon Telescope First Results - Space Fan News at April 10, 2019 at 01:58PM : https://youtu.be/dlKLLiazGbI

Deep Astronomy uploaded Adaptive Optics at the Extremely Large Telescope - April 11, 2019 at 08:36PM : https://youtu.be/npn0M_Z3KRQ

Deep Astronomy uploaded Was The EHT Black Hole Image Worth It? at April 18, 2019 at 10:11PM : https://youtu.be/Edan06xfMOg

NASA's Mars Helicopter Completes Flight Tests - The first helicopter to fly on Mars had its first flight on Earth. http://nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasas-mars-helicopter-completes-flight-tests via #NASA_APP

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/international-space-station-bacteria-fungi-disease-iss-a8858846.html
The International Space Station is teeming with bacteria and fungi
‘The influence of the indoor microbiome on human health becomes more important for astronauts during flights due to altered immunity associated with space flight,’ says researcher

https://www.space.com/japan-robots-build-moon-base.html?fbclid=IwAR3Cipe4rwKjQpTnm6br97ZtKxIm5_56RVF3hUkZmGIYmLctVK997InhdC4
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Can Robots Build a Moon Base for Astronauts? Japan Hopes to Find Out.

https://www.space.com/nasa-lunar-gateway-habitat-designs-testing.html NASA Will Test 5 Habitat Designs for Its Lunar Gateway Space Station - See the new designs here

HUMOR - Flat-earther confounded by shape of all the other planets - A MAN who believes that the earth is flat has been confounded by the shape of every single other planet. https://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/science-technology/flat-earther-confounded-by-shape-of-all-the-other-planets-20180808176086

Original TED talk - How to take a picture of a black hole | Katie Bouman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIvezCVcsYs

10 Interesting Places in the Solar System We'd Like to Visit: An overview of some of the strangest planets, moons, space rocks and locations in the solar system. https://www.livescience.com/65206-weird-solar-system-objects.html

HUMOR The Onion - Hubble Telescope Discovers Giant Amelia Earhart Statue On Distant https://www.theonion.com/hubble-telescope-discovers-giant-amelia-earhart-statue-1819592315

New Crop of Satellites Will Identify Biggest Contributors to Climate Change - A wave of satellites set to orbit the Earth will be able to pinpoint producers of greenhouse gases, right down to an individual leak https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2019/04/18/524208.htm

Simulation: Two Black Holes Merge: https://t.co/6CZd8qzA4n https://t.co/k1Kzfufm8x

How did scientists image a black hole? https://t.co/NMJcofutHw https://t.co/4SG5T6oYDn

Congrats to the TESS team on their first discovery of a (blazingly hot) Earth-size planet! https://t.co/5pTHtKoSBA The team expects to find a couple dozen throughout the mission — here's to many more! https://t.co/R9b24NcFr0

Almost four decades ago, amateur astronomer Paul Signorelli asked: Can a $400 observatory built from old shipping crates and a dome riding on golf balls withstand the harsh environment of the Rocky Mountains? https://t.co/gAD8DVhlR8 https://t.co/b6v3O4ulkd

NASA's recent AZURE launch released short-lived chemical tracers that mimicked — and helped characterize — aurorae. https://t.co/rsrxI3UyNc https://t.co/dR7lDEkbzj

NASA and the DeptofDefense Human Space Flight Support Office Rescue Division are conducting search and rescue training exercises at the Army Warf on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and in the Atlantic Ocean :ocean:: Why are these exercises important? https://t.co/cAxAxrKWZf https://t.co/pDgKymayVZ

Helium hydride played a brief but important role in the early universe's chemistry. Now astronomers have finally detected it: https://t.co/ZL4X1TxMKk https://t.co/K64krQkkiu

ScienceAlert - NASA Has Proposed a Mission to Neptune's Moon Triton, And We're So...
We've learned a lot about Neptune's largest moon, Triton, since it was first discovered in 1846. Some scientists believe it could be an "ocean world" with liquid water - and maybe even harbor life. https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-has-proposed-a-mission-to-triton-neptune-s-ocean-bearing-moon

Remember when Maria seriously threatened the Arecibo Radio Telescope and devastated Puerto Rico ? [NPR - Science] Climate Change Was The Engine That Powered Hurricane Maria's Devastating Rains https://www.npr.org/2019/04/17/714098828/climate-change-was-the-engine-that-powered-hurricane-marias-devastating-rains

April 15, 2019 - Seven common myths about quantum physics https://phys.org/news/2019-04-common-myths-quantum-physics.html

Falcon Heavy Launch and Landing - Nikon P1000 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLCXn445-eQ

Why does the SpaceX droneship camera cut out? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH75bVG7HBo

What Caused These Marvelous Alien-Like Lights Dancing Above Norway? What looks like extraterrestrial beings darting through the night sky is actually the result of two NASA rockets deployed to the upper atmosphere from the Andøya Space Center in Norway in order to research auroras under the Auroral Zone Upwelling Rocket Experiment (AZURE) mission https://www.iflscience.com/space/what-caused-these-marvelous-alienlike-lights-dancing-above-norway/

HUMOR In homage to a fallen god https://twitter.com/IFLScience/status/1115974793843572736/photo/1 #Hawking #EHTBlackHole

Why are you guys staring at my donut? #EHTBlackHole https://twitter.com/Kitmingwong/status/1115990370662268935/photo/1

HUMOR It doesn't matter how many millions you throw at the EHT, they win. https://twitter.com/EslamOtaku96/status/1116019676239343619/photo/1

Scientists release the first image of a black hole https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/503334157003390987/565559957274099714/56669449_10158883185646840_7924265268719648768_n.jpg

[Ars Technica - Science] Anti-vax parents lose in NY court, face steep fines for not vaccinating https://arstechnica.com/?p=1493473 2019-04-19T13:50:55

[Reuters] Out of a drawer and into your nightmares comes a vicious ancient beast http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/scienceNews/~3/ahCBP0FUzNc/out-of-a-drawer-and-into-your-nightmares-comes-a-vicious-ancient-beast-idUSKCN1RU18A

Armed Police Rescue Unvaccinated 2-Year-Old Child From His Parents https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/armed-police-rescue-unvaccinated-2yearold-child-from-his-parents/

Veritasium - How to Understand the Image of a Black Hole https://youtu.be/zUyH3XhpLTo

Deep Astronomy - Adaptive Optics at the Extremely Large Telescope https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npn0M_Z3KRQ

How Much Of The Unobservable Universe Will We Someday Be Able To See? As more time passes since the Big Bang, more of the Universe comes into view. But how much? https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/how-much-of-the-unobservable-universe-will-we-someday-be-able-to-see-208f2717d387

Ep. #18 – Special Guest: Dr. Seth Shostak on The Black Vault Radio - Hosted by John Greenewald, Jr | Recorded on December 13, 2018 https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/podcast/ep-18-special-guest-dr-seth-shostak/ https://play.google.com/music/m/Ddsi73gga3xb7fhx55jkirrgnim?t=Ep_18__Special_Guest_Dr_Seth_Shostak-The_Black_Vault_Radio_-_Hosted_by_John_Greenewald_Jr

[NPR - Science] Can This Breakfast Cereal Help Save The Planet? https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/04/13/711144729/can-this-breakfast-cereal-help-save-the-planet

Why the second-worst Ebola outbreak is growing concern https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/why-the-second-worst-ebola-outbreak-is-growing-concern-1.4378584

[Ars Technica - Science] Ebola vaccine is 97.5% effective, early outbreak data suggests https://arstechnica.com/?p=1491721 2019-04-16T15:05:24

Why the Moon makes us all romantics - For centuries, the Moon has been a source of fascination and inspiration for artists. To mark 50 years since man first stepped on the lunar surface, New York's Hudson River Museum is showing the impact our softly glowing neighbour has had on American art.The BBC went on a tour with chief curator Laura Vookles. The Color of the Moon: Lunar Painting in American Art runs until 12 May. https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-47808077/why-the-moon-makes-us-all-romantics

Apr 01, 2019 - DecodeHer : Women heroes in science and cryptography - They were pioneers in their fields, yet their names are scarcely known – because they didn’t have a Y chromosome. We examine the accomplishments of two women who pioneered code breaking and astronomy during the early years of the twentieth century and did so in the face of social opprobrium and a frequently hostile work environment. http://radio.seti.org/episodes/decodeher http://traffic.libsyn.com/arewealone/BiPiSci19-04-01.mp3

Apr 15, 2019 - Free Range Dinosaurs: When dinosaurs ruled | (repeat) Dinosaurs are once again stomping and snorting their way across the screen of your local movie theater. But these beefy beasts stole the show long before CGI brought them back in the Jurassic Park blockbusters. Dinosaurs had global dominance for the better part of 165 million years. Compare that with a measly 56 million years of primate activity. We bow to our evolutionary overlords in this episode. Our conversation about these thunderous lizards roams freely as we talk with the paleontologist who discovered Dreadnoughtus – the largest land lizard unearthed to date. Kenneth Lacovara asks that we please stop using the term “dinosaur” to refer to something outmoded, when in fact the dinos were among the most well-adapted, long-lived creatures ever. Plus, intriguing dino facts: if you like eating chicken, you like eating dinosaurs, and how T-Rex’s puny arms helped him survive. Also, with dozens of new species unearthed every year – nearly one a week – why we’ve entered the golden age of dinosaur discovery. Guest: Kenneth Lacovara – Paleontologist who unearthed the largest land dinosaur known: Dreadnoughtus. He is also founding dean of the School of Earth and Environment at Rowan University, director of the Jean and Ric Edelman Fossil Park, and author of “Why Dinosaurs Matter.” (Originally aired June 25, 2018) http://traffic.libsyn.com/arewealone/BiPiSci19-04-15.mp3

'A monopoly on information': Russia closes grip on internet https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/a-monopoly-on-information-russia-closes-grip-on-internet-1.4375181

The 1979 WOW signal, aliens greeting earthlings ? https://www.theblackvault.com/casefiles/deciphering-wow-signal-1977-using-ascii-binary-conversion/#

12 Apr 2019 - Alien 40th Anniversary Short Film: "Night Shift" https://ca.ign.com/videos/2019/04/12/alien-40th-anniversary-short-film-night-shift
To celebrate Alien's 40th anniversary and in partnership with Tongal, 20th Century Fox is releasing new Alien-universe fan-made short films leading up to Alien Day on April 26th. Written and directed by Aidan Brezonick, the synopsis for Night Shift reads: "When a missing space trucker is discovered hungover and disoriented, his co-worker suggests a nightcap as a remedy. Near closing time, they are reluctantly allowed inside the colony supply depot where the trucker's condition worsens, leaving a young supply worker alone to take matters into her own hands."

05 Apr 2019 - Alien 40th Anniversary Short Film: "Specimen" https://ca.ign.com/videos/2019/04/05/alien-40th-anniversary-short-film-specimen
To celebrate Alien's 40th anniversary and in partnership with Tongal, 20th Century Fox is releasing new Alien-universe fan-made short films leading up to Alien Day on April 26th. Directed by Kelsey Taylor, the synopsis for "Specimen" reads: "It's the night shift in a colony greenhouse, and Julie, a botanist, does her best to contain suspicious soil samples that have triggered her sensitive lab dog. Despite her best efforts the lab unexpectedly goes into full shutdown and she is trapped inside. Little does she know, an alien specimen has escaped the mysterious cargo, and a game of cat and mouse ensues as the creature searches for a host."

29 Mar 2019 - Alien 40th Anniversary Short Film: "Containment" https://ca.ign.com/videos/2019/03/29/alien-40th-anniversary-short-film-containment
To celebrate Alien's 40th anniversary and in partnership with Tongal, 20th Century Fox is releasing new Alien-universe fan-made short films leading up to Alien Day on April 26th. Written and directed by Chris Reading, the synopsis for "Containment" reads: "Four survivors find themselves stranded aboard a small escape pod in deep space. Trying to piece together the details around the outbreak that led to their ship's destruction, they find themselves unsure to trust whether or not one of them might be infected."

#Music4BetterDataProcessing #deephouse Sweet Space Podcast 025 // Kurt Kjergaard https://soundcloud.com/sweetspace/sweet-space-podcast-025-kurt-kjergaard

Green Tolek - Last Travel (Original Mix) #Music4BetterDataProcessing #deephouse #techno Eternal (Original Mix) https://soundcloud.com/white_clouds/premiere-green-tolek-eternal-original-mixvision-3-records We Are An Atom (Original Mix) https://soundcloud.com/white_clouds/free-download-green-tolek-we-are-an-atome-original-mix Live Record https://soundcloud.com/greentolek/live-record

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2019/04/18

BOINC NATION Server : a Discord text channel for BOINC volunteers

May 21st, 2019 UPDATE: It has been brought to my attention by reliable sources that the BOINC NATION server on Discord has recently been disactivated, due to the lack of a meaningful participation from its 80+ members. Any further request for an invitation will not be honored. Sorry for any inconvenience this might have caused to the former members and contributors of BOINC NATION.
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Join the BOINC NATION Server at https://discordapp.com by requesting an invite (which will be valid for 24 hrs) in the comments' section below (specify your complete Discord Username). Once you have access to the BNS, please communicate your BOINC ID in the text channel who-are-you.

BOINC NATION is a non-partisan community, where every volunteer, team founder, captain, co-founder, co-captain, lone wolf, and even every cruncher who wishes to remain anon, is welcome as long as he participates in the development of Science through distributed computing.

2019/04/13

SETI@home & Science Links on IRC 2019/04/12

SETI@home & Science Links on IRC 2019/04/12 https://setiathomeirclinks.blogspot.com/2019/04/setihome-science-links-on-irc-20190412.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.” – SetizenErnestShackleton@setiathome.berkeley.edu

SETI@home is down? Really ? https://setiathome.berkeley.edu https://www.isitdownrightnow.com/setiathome.berkeley.edu.html
The Panic Mode forum https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=84081&sort=5 The SETI is Down café https://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/forum_thread.php?id=8105&sort_style=5&start=0 SETI@home group (unofficial but active) https://www.facebook.com/groups/317689381579505/

QUOTES - "All this fear mongering of aliens in movies, this is not from any actual knowledge of aliens, it's from actual knowledge of humans." - Neil DeGrasse Tyson

“I don’t think you can ask the question of life beyond Earth and stop at microbes.” - Jill Tarter in "University research center will search for extraterrestrial intelligence" https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/02/university-research-center-will-search-extraterrestrial-intelligence

It's not too late yet to get your 20th Anniversary T-Shirt at https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=84069 ^^

BOINC Pentathlon 2019 https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=84122&postid=1989389#1989389

2019.04.010 - New MilkyWay@home Scientist https://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/forum_thread.php?id=4428

2019-04-04: SETI@Home, The Drake Equation Revisited - Dr Richard Lawn has given us a new SETI Perspectives article to think about, this one being about the Drake Equation https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=84105

Long Outage Today - We had to recover the master database on oscar from a backup taken today on carolyn. Oscar is now back to being the master DB and carolyn is once again the replica DB. Things will be a bit slow as the database becomes resident in memory.
10 Apr 2019, 0:57:56 UTC https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=84121

Berkeley SETI researcher Gerry Zhang has been doing great work with #DeepLearning for SETI and FRBs - How Breakthrough Listen Harnessed AI in the Search for Aliens - Ep. 81 https://soundcloud.com/theaipodcast/gerry-zhang-ai-seti-institute

"The probability of success is difficult to estimate, but if we never search, the chance of success is zero." - Philip Morrison & Guiseppe Cocconi, Nature, 1959

|E8| Why Do We REALLY Fear An ALIEN Invasion ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7H9c4efGb8

'Zoo hypothesis' may explain why we haven't seen any space aliens - The hypothesis holds that they can see us, but we can't see them. https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/zoo-hypothesis-may-explain-why-we-haven-t-seen-any-ncna988946

Stuck Between The Rock And Deep Space - News of a mysterious interstellar object flying through our solar system inspired Redditors to collaboratively pen a perfectly cheesy sci-fi action movie. And now, we bring that movie to life as an audio drama. Presenting... "Stuck Between The Rock and Deep Space."Play38:55Jan 25, 2019 https://www.wbur.org/endlessthread/2019/01/25/stuck-between-the-rock-and-deep-space

There Is Definitely Methane on Mars, Scientists Say. But Is It a Sign of Life? By Mike Wall 2019-04-01T15:59:39Z https://www.space.com/mars-methane-plume-confirmed-location.html

SETI Searches TodayBy: Alan MacRobert | December 20, 2018 https://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/seti-searches-today/ https://seti.org/press-release/first-comprehensive-interactive-tool-track-seti-searches https://technosearch.seti.org/

Where is the Origin of Life on Earth? https://seti.org/event/where-origin-life-earth Time: Wednesday, Apr 17, 2019 19:00 - 20:00 Location: SRI International, 333 Ravenswood Ave, Menlo Park, CA 94025 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/where-is-the-origin-of-life-on-earth-tickets-59838002075

'Zoo hypothesis' may explain why we haven't seen any space aliens - Apr 3, 2019 - Perhaps the extraterrestrials know we’re here but don’t want to deal with us — either by communicating or by visiting. https://seti.org/zoo-hypothesis-may-explain-why-we-havent-seen-any-space-aliens

Violent Planetwide Storm Spotted Above Distant ExoplanetBy Samantha Mathewson 2019-04-01T11:02:16Z https://www.space.com/violent-planetwide-storm-distant-exoplanet.html

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What To Do If You Encounter A Visitor From Another Universe - If parallel Universes or the multiverse are real, we might someday encounter a visitor who hails from another one. Here’s what to do. Ethan Siegel, Apr 11 https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/what-to-do-if-you-encounter-a-visitor-from-another-universe-50b308a29ed5

Radio Galaxy Zoo final sprint ! https://blog.galaxyzoo.org/2019/04/10/radio-galaxy-zoo-final-sprint/

Could life already be evolving at our nearest exoplanet neighbour?by Lee Cavendish, 10 April 2019 https://www.spaceanswers.com/deep-space/could-life-already-be-evolving-at-our-nearest-exoplanet-neighbour/

What If It’s Just Us? We assume that life is ubiquitous in the Universe. But what if it’s just us? Ethan Siegel, Apr 10 https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/what-if-its-just-us-379cb8f133ee

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Computer scientist Katie Bouman and her awesome stack of hard drives for #EHTblackhole image data https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1115973145985454080

BepiColombo ready for long cruise to Mercury https://astronomynow.com/2019/04/10/bepicolombo-ready-for-long-cruise-to-mercury/

Why the Event Horizon Telescope took so long to image a black holeTwenty years after the idea was first proposed, scientists have finally unveiled the first image of a black hole. Here's the story of why it took two decades to snap this shot.By Steve Nadis | Published: Wednesday, April 10, 2019 https://www.astronomy.com/news/2019/04/the-road-to-imaging-a-black-hole

NASA chief outlines 2-phase plan for Moon explorationDerek RichardsonApril 10th, 2019 https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/organizations/nasa/nasa-chief-outlines-2-phase-plan-for-moon-exploration/

NASA Invests in 18 Potentially Revolutionary Space Tech ConceptsApril 10, 2019 http://www.parabolicarc.com/2019/04/10/nasa-invests-18-potentially-revolutionary-space-tech-concepts/

April 10, 2019 by Evan GoughSpace Weather Forecasts can now give Satellites One Whole Day of Warning when a Killer Solar Storm is Inbound https://www.universetoday.com/141960/space-weather-forecasts-can-now-give-satellites-one-whole-day-of-warning-when-a-killer-solar-storm-is-inbound/

Google Doodle Celebrates the 1st Black Hole Image by the Event Horizon TelescopeBy Tariq Malik 2019-04-11T01:06:22Z https://www.space.com/first-black-hole-image-google-doodle.html

Black Hole Quiz: How Well Do You Know Nature's Weirdest Creations? By SPACE.com Staff 2019-04-11T02:47:35Z https://www.space.com/15906-black-hole-quiz-facts.html
The black hole image came thanks to student Katie Bouman, half a tonne of hard drives and a big coincidence https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2019-04-11/black-hole-event-horizon-telescope-five-things-you-might-miss/10993112

The black hole image came thanks to student Katie Bouman, half a tonne of hard drives and a big coincidence https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2019-04-11/black-hole-event-horizon-telescope-five-things-you-might-miss/10993112?section=science

NASA’s space station turned mice into daredevilsA new study finds furry "mousetronauts" adapt to their new environment quickly.By Bill Andrews | Published: Thursday, April 11, 2019 http://www.astronomy.com/news/2019/04/mice-go-nuts-in-space

Hubblecast 118: How the first stars transformed the Universe https://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/hubblecast118a/

March 19, 2019 Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 6, Artificial Intelligence https://www.nasa.gov/mediacast/giant-leaps/episode-6-artificial-intelligence

We Return to the Moon, But We Won’t Do It AloneApril 9, 2019 Doug Messier News 46 CommentsJim Bridenstine (Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)Jim Bridenstine BlogNASA Administrator http://www.parabolicarc.com/2019/04/09/return-moon-wont/

Tuesday, April 9, 2019Martian Soil Detox Could Lead to New Medicines https://www.astrowatch.net/2019/04/martian-soil-detox-could-lead-to-new.html

Library Telescope Program Connects Communities to the Cosmos on April 9, 2019 https://www.darksky.org/library-telescope-program-connects-community-to-the-cosmos/

UK signs up to the world’s biggest ever radio telescopeRocketeer — Tue, 09/04/2019 - 10:05pm - The UK has signed an agreement in Rome as one of the first organisations involved in the science behind the world’s largest radio telescope, the Square Kilometer Array. http://www.rocketeers.co.uk/node/5886

April 9, 2019 by Evan GoughThe World’s Glaciers are Down by 9 Trillion Tonnes of Ice in the Last Half Century https://www.universetoday.com/141939/the-worlds-glaciers-are-down-by-9-trillion-tonnes-of-ice-in-the-last-half-century/

The Martian Methane Mystery ContinuesBy: Javier Barbuzano | April 11, 2019 https://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/mars-methane-mystery-continues/

Angular Resolution and What Hubble Can’t See https://illuminateduniverse.org/2019/04/11/angular-resolution-and-what-hubble-cant-see/

Sauron's Eye or Brexit metaphor? Tweets joke about black hole imageSocial media users had fun with the landmark first blurry image of distant phenomenon https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/apr/10/saurons-eye-or-brexit-metaphor-tweets-joke-about-black-hole-image

A Gas Could Hint at Signs of Life on Mars. Why Hasn’t a New Spacecraft Found It?Two spacecraft have detected methane in the Martian air. But the Trace Gas Orbiter, with more sensitive instruments, has come up empty. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/10/science/mars-methane-life.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Meow! Elon Musk calls Jeff Bezos a satellite copycat — and gets called outby Alan Boyle on April 10, 2019 at 10:13 am https://www.geekwire.com/2019/meow-elon-musk-calls-jeff-bezos-satellite-constellation-copycat-gets-called-turn/

New Book 'Shoot for the Moon' Earns High Praise From Apollo 11 AstronautBy Robert Z. Pearlman 2019-04-10T17:31:20Z https://www.space.com/shoot-for-the-moon-new-apollo-book.html

Black Holes Are Awesome. Why Are Their Names Usually So Boring? By Mindy Weisberger 2019-04-12T20:41:25Z https://www.space.com/how-to-name-black-holes.html

SpaceX Wins NASA Launch Contract for Asteroid Redirect Test MissionApril 12, 2019 http://www.parabolicarc.com/2019/04/12/spacex-wins-nasa-launch-contract-asteroid-redirect-test-mission/

3 New Rockets Are on Track for 1st Test Flights in 2021: Meet OmegA, the Vulcan Centaur and New Glenn - 2019-04-12T17:16:52Z https://www.space.com/three-new-private-rockets-launching-in-2021.html

A Faster Way to Form Planets, By Kerry Hensley on 12 April 2019 https://aasnova.org/2019/04/12/a-faster-way-to-form-planets/

'Black Hole Hunters' Shows Epic Chase to Capture First Images - Elizabeth Howell 2019-04-12T14:57:57Z https://www.space.com/black-hole-hunters-event-horizon-documentary.html

How Katie Bouman Accidentally Became the Face of the Black Hole ProjectBy Sarah MervoshApril 11, 2019 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/11/science/katie-bouman-black-hole.html

Slavery from Space: Citizen Science in the Antislavery Movement https://www.gotscience.org/2019/04/slavery-from-space-citizen-science-in-the-antislavery-movement/ https://www.scistarter.org/slavery-from-space

This newsletter was not written by a robot*Bots are becoming an inevitable part of newsgathering. Two women are determined to prevent them becoming an inevitable part of warfare https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/12/this-newsletter-was-not-written-by-a-robot

Friday, April 12, 2019 European Quantum Communications Network Takes Shape https://www.astrowatch.net/2019/04/european-quantum-communications-network.html

Apr. 12 - Should That Minor Planet Be Named Gonggong? Astronomers Want the Public’s HelpAn artist’s rendering of 2007 OR10, a minor planet in the outer reaches of the solar system. The astronomers who discovered the minor planet are asking the public to weigh in on what to name it. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/12/science/2007-or10-dwarf-planet.html

Tests on Astronaut and Twin Brother Highlight Spaceflight’s Human ImpactNASA Study reports physiological and behavioral results that could shape future space missionsBy Jim Daley on April 11, 2019 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/tests-on-astronaut-and-twin-brother-highlight-spaceflights-human-impact/

April 11, 2019 by Matt Williams - Voyager and Pioneer’s Grand Tour of the Milky Way https://www.universetoday.com/141964/voyager-and-pioneers-grand-tour-of-the-milky-way/

NASA awards Planet $6.7 million for climate campaign, by Debra Werner — April 11, 2019 https://spacenews.com/nasa-awards-planet-6-7-million-for-climate-campaign/

The Event Horizon Telescope, the Hawking Effect and the Foundations of Physics - A theoretical physicist offers his take on the implications of the first-ever image of a black hole - Steve Giddings, April 11, 2019 https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/the-event-horizon-telescope-the-hawking-effect-and-the-foundations-of-physics/

Why Is the First-Ever Black Hole Photo an Orange Ring? By Mindy Weisberger 2019-04-11T11:15:44Z https://www.space.com/why-black-hole-image-orange.html

The Future of Black Hole Photography: What's Next for the Event Horizon Telescope - Mike Wall 2019-04-11T11:24:12Z https://www.space.com/black-hole-photography-event-horizon-telescope-future.html

Why the black hole is a ray of light in these dark times https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/11/black-hole-science-humanity

Reflections on Messier 87’s Black Holeby Paul Gilster on April 11, 2019 https://www.centauri-dreams.org/2019/04/11/reflections-on-messier-87s-black-hole/

SpaceIL says “chain of events” led to crash of lunar lander - Jeff Foust — April 12, 2019 https://spacenews.com/spaceil-says-chain-of-events-led-to-crash-of-lunar-lander/

SPACEX FALCON HEAVY Launch Plus Booster Landings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqOU2CGeAvk

Israel's Beresheet Spacecraft Crashes Into Moon During Landing Attempt - Mike Wall 2019-04-11T19:44:11Z https://www.space.com/israeli-beresheet-moon-landing-attempt-fails.html

Event Horizon Telescope - first ever image of a black hole announcement preview 2019.04.09 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQz1PZ7IhHQ

Event Horizon Telescope https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event_Horizon_Telescope

Deep Astronomy / Scheduled for Apr 10, 2019 9:00 EST/14:00 UTC / First results from the worldwide collaboration of telescopes known as the Event Horizon Telescope https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlKLLiazGbI&feature=youtu.be

The Event Horizon Telescope is an international collaboration aiming to capture the first image of a black hole by creating a virtual Earth-sized telescope https://eventhorizontelescope.org

European Commission Live streaming @ 0900 EST - Breakthrough discovery in astronomy: press conference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr20f19czeE

National Science Foundation/Event Horizon Telescope press conference https://www.youtube.com/c/VideosatNSF/live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnJi0Jy692w

VIDEO: How One Picture Would Prove Black Holes Actually Exist from Black Hole Hunters | Smithsonian Channel https://www.smithsonianchannel.com/videos/how-one-picture-would-prove-black-holes-actually-exist/67049

First ever black hole image released https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47873592

[Scientific American] At Last, A Black Hole's Image Revealed http://rss.sciam.com/~r/ScientificAmerican-News/~3/JeFfTd8SigY/ 2019-04-10T14:50:00

[Reuters] 'Seeing the unseeable': Scientists reveal first photo of black hole http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/scienceNews/~3/CvrqkmepIxQ/seeing-the-unseeable-scientists-reveal-first-photo-of-black-hole-idUSKCN1RM1OP

Black Hole Hunters - Smithsonian Channel is putting viewers in the passenger seat of the journey towards a cutting-edge outer space discovery. On the heels of a groundbreaking scientific announcement to be made on April 10, the network will air a new one-hour documentary following a team of international scientists as they attempt to document the first-ever image of a black hole. BLACK HOLE HUNTERS premieres Friday, April 12 at 9 PM ET/PT on Smithsonian Channel. https://www.smithsonianchannel.com/shows/black-hole-hunters/0/3470276

Animation Explained: First ever picture of a black hole https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsnjYC64RqA

In the Shadow of a Black Hole https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omz77qrDjsU

Expanding Horizons: A Panel Discussion on the EHT's Black Hole Discoveries https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIGOY_5A-7U&t=17m32s

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

NASA Announces Trashy Award-Winning Ideas for Cleaning Space StationBy Elizabeth Howell 2019-04-05T16:00:00Z https://www.space.com/nasa-winning-trash-recycling-space-ideas.html

NASA's Parker Solar Probe Makes 2nd Daring Flyby of the Sun - Meghan Bartels 2019-04-05T10:43:51Z https://www.space.com/parker-solar-probe-second-sun-perihelion-flyby.html

NASA's Curiosity Rover Just Saw 2 Eclipses on Mars! Now You Can, TooBy Meghan Bartels 2019-04-04T22:00:00Z https://www.space.com/curiosity-rover-sees-solar-eclipses-on-mars.html

NASA Test-Fires Megarocket Engine That May Take Astronauts to the Moon (Video) - Elizabeth Howell 2019-04-04T20:55:05Z https://www.space.com/nasa-sls-megarocket-engine-test-video.html

Shard of Shattered Alien Planet Spotted Around Dead Star - Mike Wall 2019-04-04T18:24:21Z https://www.space.com/shard-shattered-alien-planet-dead-star.html

Airplane Wing Assembles Like a Jigsaw Puzzle and Can Morph Into Any Shape - Stephanie Pappas 2019-04-04T11:38:42Z https://www.space.com/shapeshifting-airplane-wing-invented.html

Russian Cargo Ship Launches on Superfast Trip to Space Station - Tariq Malik 2019-04-04T11:37:32Z https://www.space.com/russia-launches-progress-72-cargo-ship-space-station.html

Spacesuit Sizing Stymied a Historic NASA Moment, and It May Always Be Tricky - Meghan Bartels 2019-04-03T14:30:35Z https://www.space.com/astronaut-spacesuits-future-sizes-challenges.html

This New Barbie Doll Launches Real-Life Astronaut's Face Into a Toy World - Kasandra Brabaw 2019-04-03T11:21:31Z https://www.space.com/astronaut-samantha-cristoforetti-barbie-doll.html

Why Next-Generation Astronauts Will Need the 'New Right Stuff' for Space Travel - Sarah Wells 2019-04-03T10:00:00Z https://www.space.com/next-gen-astronauts-new-right-stuff.html

The Spice Must Flow: New 'Dune' Movie Starts Shooting - Scott Snowden 2019-04-02T18:44:58Z https://www.space.com/new-dune-movie-adaptation-begins-filming.html

California's 'Superbloom' of Wildflowers Looks Spectacular from Space! - Elizabeth Howell 2019-04-02T11:00:00Z https://www.space.com/satellite-spies-wildflower-superbloom-california.html

Lockheed Martin Unveils 'Vector' Fragrance for that Space-y Smell - Tariq Malik 2019-04-01T18:32:31Z https://www.space.com/lockheed-martin-space-smell-vector.html

[Ars Technica - Science] The nutrition study the $30B supplement industry doesn’t want you to see https://arstechnica.com/?p=1489631 2019-04-11T16:35:08

[Ars Technica - Science] Limiting climate change could save the US a ton of money https://arstechnica.com/?p=1489197 2019-04-11T15:57:01

[Scientific American] Environment Watchdogs Harness AI to Track Overflowing Factory Farm Waste http://rss.sciam.com/~r/ScientificAmerican-News/~3/XXdSa-N8CQM/ 2019-04-11T10:45:00

How will the internet work in Space? - The Interplanetary Internet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7kGw-4vafU

Did no one watch Planet of the Apes?!?!?! https://imgur.com/gallery/86kpWc5

Curtis, Vickie (2018). Patterns of Participation and Motivation in Folding@home: The Contribution of Hardware Enthusiasts and Overclockers. Citizen Science: Theory and Practice, 3(1) pp. 1–14. http://oro.open.ac.uk/55586/

Curtis, Vickie (2015). Online citizen science projects: an exploration of motivation, contribution and participation. PhD thesis The Open University. http://oro.open.ac.uk/42239/

Bayesian approach to SETI. - Claudio Grimaldi, Geoffrey W. MarcyProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…    2018 https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Bayesian-approach-to-SETI.-Grimaldi-Marcy/fabee9a127c3279516600e8452c4a3b7333ecc4b https://arxiv.org/pdf/1810.01207.pdf

SETI : The Dream of a New Era https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/SETI-%3A-The-Dream-of-a-New-Era-Gallo/4093898ab93d01b01bbe81e41d41a8a71bedb2a4 https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/4093/898ab93d01b01bbe81e41d41a8a71bedb2a4.pdf

WINNING THE SETI OLYMPIAD : THE ROLE OF THE DEDICATED AMATEUR - H. Paul Shuch2004 https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/WINNING-THE-SETI-OLYMPIAD-%3A-THE-ROLE-OF-THE-AMATEUR-Shuch/ce632ddefdfa8398cee584a53713931abaec9769 https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/ce63/2ddefdfa8398cee584a53713931abaec9769.pdf

SETI , Consilience , and the Unity of Knowledge https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/SETI-%2C-Consilience-%2C-and-the-Unity-of-Knowledge-Finney/47d78276b8cb2a06eb275e8136f2d8412d1594f1 https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/47d7/8276b8cb2a06eb275e8136f2d8412d1594f1.pdf

Recommendations from the Ad Hoc Committee on SETI Nomenclature - Jason T. Wright et al - The Ad Hoc Committee on SETI Nomenclature was convened at the suggestion of Frank Drake after the Decoding Alien Intelligence Workshop at the SETI Institute in March 2018. The purpose of the committee was to recommend standardized definitions for terms, especially those that are used inconsistently in the literature and the scientific community. The committee sought to recommend definitions and terms that are a compromise among several desirable but occasionally inconsistent properties for such terms. https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/d627/b5146f6b445562cf694d8385ef9b3a68c621.pdf

SETI SNEAK ATTACK: LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE PEARL HARBOR HOAX -   H. Paul Shuch2003 https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/SETI-SNEAK-ATTACK%3A-LESSONS-LEARNED-FROM-THE-PEARL-Shuch/b6d7d7ad0bc858fda546d2619ea28bb41f18a334 https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/b6d7/d7ad0bc858fda546d2619ea28bb41f18a334.pdf

The Role of the Social Sciences in SETI -    Albert A. Harrison, Julia D Billingham, +5 authors Douglas A. Vakoch2005 https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/688e/53845d5cff32bd7ab3705ceafae0aaa2e400.pdf https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/The-Role-of-the-Social-Sciences-in-SETI-Harrison-Billingham/688e53845d5cff32bd7ab3705ceafae0aaa2e400

Contact In Context - SETI Using Radio Telescope Arrays https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Contact-In-Context-Cornet-and-Stride-1-Solar-System-Clarke-Forward/6156112ec0b09c9f600a5035d708ed11bf42838d https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/6156/112ec0b09c9f600a5035d708ed11bf42838d.pdf

Future SETI : Technologies , Techniques , and Strategies -    Dan Werthimer, Andrew P. V. Siemion, Seth Shostak 2008 https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Future-SETI-%3A-Technologies-%2C-Techniques-%2C-and-Werthimer-Siemion/7711bdc1dcf5c5dc77a178859b2714b97f455e0c https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/7711/bdc1dcf5c5dc77a178859b2714b97f455e0c.pdf

Plenary talk: Machine learning for SETI -     Francois Luus - Pattern Recognition Association of South Africa… https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Plenary-talk%3A-Machine-learning-for-SETI-Luus/ff02cab96b7d3b8d02908cadbdc27c6961613663

EXPLORING THE DETERMINANTS OF GLOBAL ‘ SOCIAL PRODUCTION ’ OF INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE : INSIGHTS FROM SETI @ HOME -    Hans-Jürgen Engelbrecht 2007 https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/1ddc/f7d1924668bf9ab7412c797442c64becf0d7.pdf https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/EXPLORING-THE-DETERMINANTS-OF-GLOBAL-%E2%80%98-SOCIAL-%E2%80%99-OF-Engelbrecht/1ddcf7d1924668bf9ab7412c797442c64becf0d7

SETI surveys of the nearby and distant universe employing wide-field radio interferometry techniques -    M. A. Garretta 2018 https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/SETI-surveys-of-the-nearby-and-distant-universe-Garretta/32bef56a88454816687fcad709748b9ed2c15e57 https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/32be/f56a88454816687fcad709748b9ed2c15e57.pdf

American Indian Oral Traditions and their Relation to the Paleo-SETI Community -    Rachel K. See, Sean Daley 2016 https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/19c0/77f94be0325d9ad6109ebb35c0f85dd9d0c9.pdf https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/American-Indian-Oral-Traditions-and-their-Relation-See-Daley/19c077f94be0325d9ad6109ebb35c0f85dd9d0c9

The SETI episode in the 1967 discovery of pulsars -    Alan John Penny 2013 https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/35dc/494d99d963ba69fd70f63e3fa950381bb8eb.pdf https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/The-SETI-episode-in-the-1967-discovery-of-pulsars-Penny/35dc494d99d963ba69fd70f63e3fa950381bb8eb

SETI in vivo: testing the we-are-them hypothesis -     Maxim A. Makukov, Vladimir I. Shcherbak 2017 https://arxiv.org/pdf/1707.03382.pdf
https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/SETI-in-vivo%3A-testing-the-we-are-them-hypothesis-Makukov-Shcherbak/d2f84d096df72a6b77474e1978d66884dd4dcafd

SETI AND SPACE LAW : JURISPRUDENTIAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR HUMANKIND IN RELATION TO EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE -     Patricia Aust Sterns https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/4676/d5f905823b4481752b726b6a8165412b8536.pdf https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/SETI-AND-SPACE-LAW-%3A-JURISPRUDENTIAL-AND-FOR-IN-TO-Sterns/4676d5f905823b4481752b726b6a8165412b8536

New SETI prospects opened up by current information networking -     Elisabeth Piotelat, Florence Raulin-Cerceau 2017 https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/New-SETI-prospects-opened-up-by-current-information-Piotelat-Raulin-Cerceau/d96e3246ffa9915d7141c5275d07f45c46c63c53 https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/d96e/3246ffa9915d7141c5275d07f45c46c63c53.pdf

A novel SETI strategy targeting the solar focal regions of the most nearby stars -    Michaël Gillon 2013 https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/A-novel-SETI-strategy-targeting-the-solar-focal-of-Gillon/4a852775213678fd58b84c1f04a0b270feef9cd0 https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/4a85/2775213678fd58b84c1f04a0b270feef9cd0.pdf

Optical SETI : A Spectroscopic Search for Laser Emissionfrom Nearby Stars -     Amy E. Reines, Geoffrey W. Marcy 2001 https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Optical-SETI-%3A-A-Spectroscopic-Search-for-Laser-Reines-Marcy/3046d75c9c1115dedbf97d55d032a8e27feb6922 https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/7425/2791fd1ee1fbbcee9483bec22641478f0cf9.pdf

Possibility of a coordinated signaling scheme in the Galaxy and SETI experiments - Naoki Seto 2019 https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Possibility-of-a-coordinated-signaling-scheme-in-Seto/c59f7d7fc4d7f61d846d73fdbc4190ccb5f7e980 https://arxiv.org/pdf/1904.00536.pdf

Moore, Jeffery M. et al. “THE GEOLOGY OF 2014 MU69 (“ULTIMA THULE”): INITIAL RESULTS FROM THE NEW HORIZONS.” (2019). https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/THE-GEOLOGY-OF-2014-MU69-(%E2%80%9CULTIMA-THULE%E2%80%9D)%3A-INITIAL-Moore-McKinnon/60130a064f1fc0a3b21565953dcc0058d52a2b5b https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/6013/0a064f1fc0a3b21565953dcc0058d52a2b5b.pdf

Advanced Aspects of the Galactic Habitability -    Vladimir DJovsovi'c, Branislav Vukoti'c, Milan M. 'Cirkovi'c 2019 https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Advanced-Aspects-of-the-Galactic-Habitability-DJovsovi'c-Vukoti'c/8b77a8a32264240603e88711278c0bb68d4d8d8b https://arxiv.org/pdf/1904.01062.pdf

Looking for Lurkers -     James Benford 2019 https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Looking-for-Lurkers-Benford/ba4412fbc7127d85d2ef562421171e161580dc03 https://arxiv.org/pdf/1903.09582.pdf

A new kind of radio transient: ERBs -     Douglas Scott, Ali Frolop 2019 https://arxiv.org/pdf/1903.12412.pdf https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/A-new-kind-of-radio-transient%3A-ERBs-Scott-Frolop/ff8e72c2792af925739c22a15160e9733923fdf9

THE BREAKTHROUGH LISTEN SEARCH FOR INTELLIGENT LIFE: A WIDEBAND DATA RECORDER SYSTEM FOR THE ROBERT C. BYRD GREEN BANK TELESCOPE -     David H. E. MacMahon, Danny C. Price, +14 authors Ronald J. Maddalena 2019 https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/THE-BREAKTHROUGH-LISTEN-SEARCH-FOR-INTELLIGENT-A-C.-MacMahon-Price/dbc9a08bd96e1c80b5f3fedae0ca18c836cc7b25 https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/dbc9/a08bd96e1c80b5f3fedae0ca18c836cc7b25.pdf

Grid Computing Model for Mobile: A Better Mobile Grid Computing Model -    Robail Yasrab 2019 https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Grid-Computing-Model-for-Mobile%3A-A-Better-Mobile-Yasrab/4694f90b731e9df1299d578c6753eb80919e005f https://arxiv.org/pdf/1903.06613.pdf

The Messenger: a galactic centre gravitational-wave beacon -    Marek Abramowicz, Michal Bejger, Eric Gourgoulhon, Odele Straub 2019 https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/The-Messenger%3A-a-galactic-centre-gravitational-wave-Abramowicz-Bejger/01a3c94ac8a80a738884251b5200279a88c0db30 https://arxiv.org/pdf/1903.10698.pdf

Detecting exoplanets with FAST? -     Philippe Zarka, Di Li, +5 authors G Hallinan 2019 https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Detecting-exoplanets-with-FAST-Zarka-Li/8243dcc73f8e4fcacf828514f5a97d4926d10c43 https://arxiv.org/pdf/1904.01239.pdf

NASA Announces $100,000 Winners of Virtual 3D-Printed Mars Habitats - Elizabeth Howell 2019-04-06T11:02:34Z Tech https://www.space.com/3d-printed-mars-habitats-nasa-prizes.html?fbclid=IwAR1y7jObvQzj9xb7lLhosCU4gVk_ZeiA9YjjqQCRrvEh9OhGWSu_PiE1Aac

A 'Self-Driving' Spacecraft May Help Save Earth from Asteroid Collisions https://www.space.com/hera-self-driving-spacecraft-asteroid-defense.html

New Studies Provide Fresh Insights Into the Escalating Space Arms Race https://www.space.com/reports-on-escalating-space-arms-race.html

Amazon Planning 3,236-Satellite Constellation for Internet Connectivity https://www.space.com/amazon-plans-3236-satellite-constellation-for-internet.html

Networks of cameras are making it easier to track meteors - and also to find the bits that reach the ground. "To gauge a projectile’s destructive power, one must know its speed. A team at the University of Western Ontario, in Canada, clocks meteors smaller than grains of sand. Using high-frequency radar, the team fires pulses into the sky 500 times a second, day and night. These detect not meteors themselves, but rather the trails of ions, generated by friction within the air, that they leave behind. The radar sees this as a “giant wire in the sky”, says Peter Brown, the team leader. An array of microphones sensitive enough to measure shock waves from meteors a centimetre or more across provides additional data. Dr Brown puts the average speed of such shooting stars at about 20km a second—significantly faster than many had thought.That is bad news for satellites. But if the various meteor-monitoring networks around the world can help improve the forecasting of peak meteoric activity, then the number of spacecraft suddenly found to be in peril will be reduced." https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2019/03/30/networks-of-cameras-are-making-it-easier-to-track-meteors

Towards an all-sky radio telescope for SETI https://academic.oup.com/astrogeo/article/60/2/2.22/5380749

Near-Future Telescopes by Launch Pad Astronomy, Published on Mar 23, 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpl-KbMY7QM More Telescopes videos from LPA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lh0xCAHTLzg&list=PLrAnGxL8nxOHR01diTRdgqhUto6Jqxgx9

"Protecting the Extremely Large Telescope from Earthquakes - ESO engineer Max Kraus tell us about newly-developed seismic technology" https://www.eso.org/public/blog/protecting-elt-from-earthquakes/?

Here's The Truth About That Photo of 'Mushrooms' Growing on Mars https://www.sciencealert.com/here-s-the-truth-about-that-photo-of-mushrooms-growing-on-mars

In one of our favorite episodes to date, we had #astrobiologist @DrFunkySpoon and #NASA #scientist and SF author Geoffrey Landis on in January 2015 to talk about #Venus exploration: https://t.co/ywl5DfhHR2 https://www.wowsignalpodcast.com

Burst 4: a discussion with Daniel Cartin, who is modeling interstellar expansion in the solar neighborhood: http://www.wowsignalpodcast.com/2015/02/burst-4-upper-limits.html https://t.co/5jhaeA33I9

A follow-up discussion with Daniel Cartin on the #FermiParadox: https://www.wowsignalpodcast.com/2015/02/burst-4-upper-limits.html https://t.co/1X2sgPi3hy

National Academy of Sciences will vote on ejecting sexual harassers https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/04/national-academy-sciences-will-vote-ejecting-sexual-harassers?utm_campaign=news_weekly_2019-04-05&et_rid=17081611&et_cid=2753133

Physicists predict a way to squeeze light from the vacuum of empty space - Adrian ChoMar. 29, 2019 , 12:55 PM https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/03/physicists-predict-way-squeeze-light-vacuum-empty-space?utm_campaign=news_weekly_2019-04-05&et_rid=17081611&et_cid=2753133

Astonishment, skepticism greet fossils claimed to record dinosaur-killing asteroid impact https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/04/astonishment-skepticism-greet-fossils-claimed-record-dinosaur-killing-asteroid-impact?utm_campaign=news_weekly_2019-04-05&et_rid=17081611&et_cid=2753133

"Why people believe the Earth is flat and we should listen to anti-vaxxers - Science communication has lost its sense of empathy and misunderstands how fear can alter a person’s belief system" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/05/why-people-believe-the-earth-is-flat-and-we-should-listen-to-anti-vaxxers The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5724570/

Report urges massive digitization of museum collections https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/04/report-urges-massive-digitization-museum-collections

Astronomers spot 83 massive black holes from early universe - Mar. 18, 2019 https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/03/astronomers-spot-83-massive-black-holes-early-universe

The physics of why packing tape is such a pain to use - Feb. 25, 2019 https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/02/physics-why-packing-tape-such-pain-use

Dead whale found with 40 kilograms of plastic in its guts - Mar. 18, 2019 https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/03/dead-whale-found-40-kilograms-plastic-its-guts

Nike condemned for putting hijab on Iranian mathematician who chose not to wear one - Maryam Mirzakhani, first woman to win the Fields Medal, opted not to cover her hair https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/nike-hijab-maryam-mirzakhani-iran-newsletter-mathematician-a8815516.html

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"Why people believe the Earth is flat and we should listen to anti-vaxxers - Science communication has lost its sense of empathy and misunderstands how fear can alter a person’s belief system" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/05/why-people-believe-the-earth-is-flat-and-we-should-listen-to-anti-vaxxers The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5724570/

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