SETI@home & Science Links on IRC 2019/08/11

SETI@home & Science Links on IRC 2019/08/11 https://setiathomeirclinks.blogspot.com/2019/08/setihome-science-links-on-irc-20190811.html RSS Feeds https://setiathomeirclinks.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default http://feeds.feedburner.com/SETIathomeScienceIRClinks

2019 SETI.Germany Wow! anniversary event: 15-29 August - Posted: 22 Jul 2019, 23:13:46 UTC - Every year SETI.Germany organizes an event in honor of the anniversary of the Wow! signal. This year's event (the 42nd anniversary) takes place from 15 to 29 August. Further information can be found here: https://www.seti-germany.de/Wow/home/en

https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=84429&postid=2003886

8th SETI@home Wow! Event 2019 - Update 2019.08.11
https://www.seti-germany.de/Wow/home/en
372 Participants https://www.seti-germany.de/Wow/stats/users/2019
73 Teams https://www.seti-germany.de/Wow/stats/teams/2019
32 Countries https://www.seti-germany.de/Wow/stats/countries/2019
Register at https://www.seti-germany.de/Wow/register/en
Test / Fine tuning : July 15 - Aug.15 16:00 UTC
Event / Competition : August 15, 16:00 UTC - August 29, 16:00 UTC
Facebook event : https://www.facebook.com/events/440620326793598

Regarding *gasp* "Cheating'' at - and bonkering for - the SETI@home Wow! Event 2019 :
https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=84374&postid=2003842 and
https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=84374&postid=2003885

[NSF - Discoveries] What motivates people to join -- and stick with -- citizen science projects?
https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=298936&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1

#strange #setiathome THERE BE SCREAMERS (Area 51 Raid): "They can't stop all of us" https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=84395

#seti SETI Institute in the news July 4 - July 10, 2019 https://www.seti.org/seti-institute-news-july-4-july-10-2019 Applying AI to Mysterious Deep Space
Signals - Our Moon: Commercial Interests and Scientific Safeguards - Funding Space Exploration, Without a Space Race


#BOINC volunteers, here's an invite to join the @discordapp of @team_csf link: https://discord.gg/XtYGz9v

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#seti Breakthrough Listen's new search for alien lasers - For the last few decades, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence has focused on detecting radio signals. But a new collaboration between Breakthrough Listen and VERITAS will focus on looking for laser-like flashes of light. | Space | EarthSky https://earthsky.org/space/breakthrough-listen-seti-optical-beacons-technosignatures

#radioastron National Science Foundation sides with Green Bank Observatory - WV
MetroNews http://wvmetronews.com/2019/07/30/national-science-foundation-sides-with-green-bank-observatory/

#seti SETI Institute in the news July 11 - July 17, 2019 https://www.seti.org/seti-institute-news-july-11-july-17-2019 Girl Scouts Announces New Space Science Badges - Saturn s Rings Teach Us About How the Solar System Formed - Internet Memes and Area 51 and UFO s, Oh My! -

#seti Jul 30, 2019 - SETI Institute in the news July 18 - July 24, 2019 https://www.seti.org/seti-institute-news-july-18-july-24-2019 Forbes Asks: Can We Decode an Extraterrestrial Message? - How the Moon Landing Changed Our View of Extraterrestrials - Jill Tarter Fields Twitter s Most Pressing Alien Questions - VERITAS and Breakthrough Listen Announce New Search for Optical Signals - Jason Wright on the Drake Award and Viral Joke to See Them Aliens

#exoplanets [Scientific American] The Hunt Is on for Alpha Centauri's Planets http://rss.sciam.com/~r/ScientificAmerican-News/~3/tWAiieBvTJA/
2019-08-05T10:45:00

#society Neil deGrasse Tyson is facing backlash after tweeting about shooting deaths - CNN https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/05/us/neil-degrasse-tyson-gun-death-tweets-trnd/index.html

Katie Mack @AstroKatie : "Here's to hoping we humans someday learn to share enough of our dreams that no one has to live out our nightmares"

#music Home - NASA's Third Rock Radio | Stream New Rock | Indie Rock | Alternative Rock https://thirdrockradio.net


#citizenscience Volunteers Needed @MDRS - The Mars Society https://www.marssociety.org/news/2019/08/07/volunteers-needed-mdrs/

#radioastronomy Astronomy and Space News - Astro Watch: Dead Planets Can Broadcast for Up to a Billion Years https://www.astrowatch.net/2019/08/dead-planets-can-broadcast-for-up-to.html

#radioastronomy NASA's new lightweight X-ray mirrors ready for try-outs in space
https://phys.org/news/2019-07-nasa-lightweight-x-ray-mirrors-ready.html

#psychology Why speaking to yourself in the third person makes you wiser | Aeon Ideas
https://aeon.co/ideas/why-speaking-to-yourself-in-the-third-person-makes-you-wiser

#asteroids A Meteor Just Exploded On Jupiter, And A Photographer Actually Caught It On Video
https://www.sciencealert.com/rare-and-breathtaking-video-of-a-meteor-exploding-on-jupiter

#technology These Guys Built a Flying Saucer That Actually Flies Pretty Well https://futurism.com/the-byte/flying-saucer-flies-pretty-well

#food Vegan food’s sustainability claims need to give the full picture - CSIROscope
https://blog.csiro.au/vegan-foods-sustainability-claims-need-to-give-the-full-picture/

#seti Are we alone in the Cosmos? Biological Time, the Drake Equation and the Fermi Paradox -
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhDUB28BtdA

#marsHow We Could Make Mars Habitable, One Patch of Ground at a Time |
Space https://www.space.com/make-mars-habitable-with-silica-aerogel.html

#exobiology Earth's Changing Colors Could Help Us Find Alien Life |
Space https://www.space.com/alien-life-search-expanded-photosynthesis-signatures.html

#spacehistory Never-Before-Seen NASA Video Shows Scientists Test Apollo 11 Moon Rocks for Life in 1969 | Space https://www.space.com/apollo-11-moon-rocks-life-signs-test-video.html

#exobiology Searching For The Red Edge. How The Earth's Forests Are Telling The Aliens Where We Live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ovcD2uL5Cc

#exoplanets Four thousand exo-planets discovered (and counting). :
SFcrowsnest https://www.sfcrowsnest.info/four-thousand-exo-planets-discovered-and-counting/

#physics Physicists solve 2,000-year-old optical problem https://phys.org/news/2019-08-physicists-year-old-optical-problem.html

#exoplanets NASA's Planet-Hunting TESS Telescope Finds 21 New Worlds in 1st Year | Space
https://www.space.com/tess-first-year-hunting-alien-planets.html

#seti Apollo 11 Moon Landing Showed That Aliens Might Be More Than Science Fiction |
Space https://www.space.com/moon-brought-aliens-to-earth.html

#seti 10 SETI Messages That We May Not Want to Receive - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKVpHTMj3XM

#exobiology 10 Indicators that Mars Might Harbor Life - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqf9JloNrts

#space First Flight on Another Planet! The Mars Helicopter aims to make the first powered flight on another planet when it takes off on Mars as part of  the Mars 2020 mission. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhsZUZmJvaM&feature=youtu.be

#seti Will Aliens Want to Eat Us? Our ideas of evil aliens are probably wrong.- Predict - Medium
https://medium.com/predict/will-aliens-want-to-eat-us-de7226ab53d

#space #technology To Save the Internet, Silicon Valley is Sending it to Space - The Crux
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2019/07/30/to-save-the-internet-silicon-valley-is-sending-it-to-space/#.XVB_Xkd7kd4

#space #technology Building Interplanetary Internet with 'Disruption Tolerant Networking' - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=TeJSQ4ZWk78

#asteroids Something Just Smacked Jupiter and Here's the Photo to Prove It | Space
https://www.space.com/jupiter-impact-flash-photo-august-2019.html

#events Perseid Meteor Shower 2019: When, Where & How to See It | Space https://www.space.com/32868-perseid-meteor-shower-guide.html

#seti Mysterious, Ancient Radio Signals - FRBs - Keep Pelting Earth. Astronomers Designed an AI to Hunt Them Down. | Space
https://www.space.com/fast-radio-bursts-australia-artificial-intelligence.html
 
#seti New SETI Project InVADER Will Practice Looking for Alien Life Near Deep-Sea Vents on Earth - D-brief
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2019/08/09/new-seti-project-will-practice-looking-for-alien-life-near-deep-sea-vents-on-earth/#.XVB9E0d7kd4

#history Can the man who found the Titanic find Amelia Earhart? - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-49231625

#biocontamination Tardigrades Were Already on the Moon - Scientific American Blog Network
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/life-unbounded/tardigrades-were-already-on-the-moon/

#politics Congress on verge of creating Space Force after years of delays : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2019/08/11/743612373/with-congressional-blessing-space-force-is-closer-to-launch?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=space

#space #history #computing The Story of the Apollo Guidance Computer, Part 3 - Universe Today
https://www.universetoday.com/143113/the-story-of-the-apollo-guidance-computer-part-3/
https://www.universetoday.com/142897/the-story-of-the-apollo-guidance-computer-part-1/
https://www.universetoday.com/143102/the-story-of-the-apollo-guidance-computer-part-2/

#space Nasa Joins Forces with SpaceX To Conquer Mars And Moon | David Reneke | Space and Astronomy News
https://www.davidreneke.com/nasa-joins-forces-with-spacex-to-conquer-mars-and-moon/

#space Air Force cubesat successfully deployed from Atlas 5 upper stage - Astronaut
https://astronaut.com/air-force-cubesat-successfully-deployed-from-atlas-5-upper-stage/

#astrophysics Dark Matter May Have Existed Before the Big Bang, New Math Suggests | Space
https://www.space.com/dark-matter-before-big-bang.html

#astrophysics Dark Matter and Dark Energy: The Mystery Explained (Infographic) | Space
https://www.space.com/20502-dark-matter-universe-mystery-infographic.html

#books Book Review: Ambassadors from Earth: Pioneering Explorations with Unmanned Spacecraft |National Space Society
https://space.nss.org/book-review-ambassadors-from-earth/

#politics #humor Bernie Sanders Pledges to Release Any Information About Aliens If He's Elected in 2020: Report | Space
https://www.space.com/bernie-sanders-would-reveal-ufo-information-2020-election.html

#exoplanets 4000 Exoplanets - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiFD_LBx2nM https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190710.html

#astrobiology Life may be common in the Milky Way, thanks to comet swapping - And Earth may be one of the primary donor worlds
https://www.spaceanswers.com/solar-system/life-may-be-common-in-the-milky-way-thanks-to-comet-swapping/

#radioastronomy [NPR - Science] Chile And Telescopes Are A Match Made In Heaven
https://www.npr.org/2019/08/02/747260660/chile-and-telescopes-are-a-match-made-in-heaven

#exoplanets NASA's TESS mission completes first year of survey, turns to northern
sky https://phys.org/news/2019-07-nasa-tess-mission-year-survey.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LLyFFsY7ZY

#carlsagan Carl Sagan : A Personal Voyage - Tribute by Brian Cox (2009) https://archive.org/details/CarlSaganAPersonalVoyage Topics : BBC Radio, Archive on Four, Carl Sagan, documentary, biography, science, astronomy - Physicist and broadcaster Brian Cox presents a tribute to his science hero,
the American astronomer Carl Sagan, the man who many people describe as the greatest populariser of science of all time. His landmark television series Cosmos was seen by more than 60 million people worldwide and inspired a generation of young scientists to regard the universe with wonder and
awe. Release date: 11 April 2009 - 1 hour audio, BBC RADIO 4

 #exoplanets NASA's TESS mission finds 'missing link' planets https://phys.org/news/2019-07-nasa-tess-mission-link-planets.html

#moon Study shows that the Moon is older than previously believed -A new study spearheaded by Earth scientists at the University of Cologne's
Institute of Geology and Mineralogy has constrained the age of the Moon to approximately 50 million years after the formation of the solar system.
https://phys.org/news/2019-07-moon-older-previously-believed.html

#space The Orion Spacecraft for NASA's 2020 Trip Around the Moon Is Ready to Go (Photo) | Space
https://www.space.com/orion-capsule-artemis-1-finished-photo.html

#asteroids An asteroid buzzed past Earth, and we barely noticed in time - Michael J. I. Brown, Associate professor in astronomy, Monash University -
July 25, 2019 2.41am EDT http://theconversation.com/an-asteroid-just-buzzed-past-earth-and-we-barely-noticed-in-time-120972 "A 100-metre-wide
asteroid passed just 70,000km from Earth on Thursday, Australian time. It was discovered by the Brazilian SONEAR survey just days ago, and its
presence was announced mere hours before it zoomed past our planet. The lack of warning shows how quickly potentially dangerous asteroids can
sneak up on us."

#philosophy To imagine our own extinction is to be able to answer for it | Aeon Essays
https://aeon.co/essays/to-imagine-our-own-extinction-is-to-be-able-to-answer-for-it

#psychology What happened when I made my students turn off their phones | Aeon Ideas
https://aeon.co/ideas/what-happened-when-i-made-my-students-turn-off-their-phones

#cosmology Tracer galaxies probe the cosmic background - The universe, perhaps surprisingly, is not comprised of galaxies randomly distributed
throughout space; that is, it is not very homogeneous. Instead, its galaxies are clustered into distinct structures, typically gigantic filaments separated by
vast voids the "large-scale structure (LSS)," an architecture whose discovery and mappings were pioneered by CfA astronomers about thirty years ago.
https://phys.org/news/2019-07-tracer-galaxies-probe-cosmic-background.html

#space Space mining kits blast off for tests in orbit - The groundbreaking study could aid efforts to establish manned settlements on distant worlds by
helping develop ways to source minerals essential for survival in space. https://phys.org/news/2019-07-space-kits-blast-orbit.html

#moon Scientist Explains How Moon Mining Would Work | WIRED - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ix6BxLf1bew

#space Space junk: A recycling station could be cleaning up in Earth orbit by
2050 https://phys.org/news/2019-07-space-junk-recycling-station-earth.html

#space First free flight of SpaceX's Starhopper aborted after engine fire https://phys.org/news/2019-07-free-flight-spacex-starhopper-aborted.html

#sciencehistory Voyager 1 and 2 - 2019 UPDATE Narrated Documentary - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZIB8vauWSI

#space Sail Deployment: Reflections on LightSail 2 https://www.centauri-dreams.org/2019/07/24/lightsail-2-sail-deployment/

#space Planetary Society Deploys LightSail 2 s Solar Sail. What Does The Future Hold For Solar Sails? -
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDYkxHQ7X78

#space Liftoff! India Launches Ambitious Mission to Land at the Moon's South Pole |
Space https://www.space.com/india-chandrayaan-2-moon-mission-launch-success.html

#anthropology Let's Stick Together - how social bonding evolved | SETI Institute https://www.seti.org/podcast/lets-stick-together

#maths Math's Paths | SETI Institute https://www.seti.org/podcast/maths-paths "If you bake, you can appreciate math s transformative properties.
Admiring the stackable potato chip is to admire a hyperbolic sheet. Find out why there s no need to fear math - you just need to think outside the
cuboid. Also, how nature s geometric shapes inspire the next generation of squishy robots and an argument for radically overhauling math class. The
end point of these common factors is acute show that s as fun as eating Pi."

#space World Joins NASA to Celebrate Apollo as the Agency Looks Forward |
NASA https://www.nasa.gov/feature/world-joins-nasa-in-celebrating-apollo-as-the-agency-looks-to-the-future

#moon #space Jul 10, 2019 28:48 When NASA s Apollo 11 mission sent the first astronauts to the moon 50 years ago, there were many things we didn t know. Like whether the moon s surface would turn out to be a field of quicksand, if space germs would infect the astronauts, or what exactly the moon was made of. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, we join forces with the National Air and Space Museum's podcast, AirSpace, to explore the mysteries of lunar science: what we didn't know then, and what we still don't know today. Listen to AirSpace, stories that defy gravity: https://airandspace.si.edu/learn/airspace-podcast

#moon NASA Releases Stunning Panoramas of Apollo Landing Sites |
NASA https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-releases-stunning-panoramas-of-apollo-landing-sites-for-50th-anniversary

#moon #space From the Moon to the Stars https://www.centauri-dreams.org/2019/07/22/from-the-moon-to-the-stars/

#astrophotography Astrophotography competition sees joint winners for prestigious David Malin Awards - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-20/david-malin-awards-astrophotography-competition-space/11322710 2019 CWAS "David Malin Awards" Shortlist https://www.parkes.atnf.csiro.au/news_events/astrofest/DMA/2019_shortlist/ Previous years https://www.parkes.atnf.csiro.au/news_events/astrofest/DMA/

#obituaries Chris Kraft: Key Apollo 11 director dies days after anniversary - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49082897

#society Hawaii telescope: The volcano that could help prove alien life exists - Desecrating sacred land or finding new frontiers? - BBC
News https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49082156

#space Why is India sending humanoid robots into space? - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-48918280

#asteroids NASA tracked three large asteroids - 2019 OD, 2019 OE and 2015 HM10 - zipping by Wednesday,-- and one was closer than the Moon -
CNN 2019/07/24 https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/24/world/nasa-asteroid-flyby-moon-scn-trnd/index.html

#asteroids Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) https://fallingstar.com/home.php https://twitter.com/fallingstarIfA

#asteroids Pan-STARRS https://panstarrs.stsci.edu/ https://neo.ifa.hawaii.edu/statistics/ https://twitter.com/PanSTARRS2
https://twitter.com/PanSTARRS1

#moon New research shows that a planetoid impact could have made our Moon asymmetric.
https://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/long-ago-collision-explain-two-faced-moon/

#space Dragonfly Drone Will Explore Saturn?s Biggest Moon. NASA has selected its next New Frontiers mission: Dragonfly, a rover-sized drone will
begin ?coptering around Titan in 2034.https://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/were-going-to-titan-dragonfly/

#space Cool Quad Video of the Falcon Re-Entry. Two Sonic Booms!
https://www.universetoday.com/143026/check-out-this-super-cool-quad-video-of-the-falcon-re-entry-two-sonic-booms/

#moon Does the massive metallic core of a primordial impactor lie buried under the South Pole-Aitken basin on the lunar farside?
https://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/huge-mass-found-under-largest-moon-impact/

#asteroids IAU Minor Planet Center https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/

#spacehistory 8 Days: To the Moon and Back | 8 Days: To the Moon and Back | PBS https://www.pbs.org/video/8-days-to-the-moon-and-back-bnqvna/

#cosmology Gaia starts mapping our Milky Way's bar | Space | EarthSky https://earthsky.org/space/gaia-starts-mapping-our-milky-ways-bar


#robotics #space Meet a family of NASA space robots | Human World |
EarthSky https://earthsky.org/space/nasa-space-robots-lemur-ice-worm-robosimian

#moon #history Moon landing anniversary: One small step for man...a giant leap for space
robots http://theconversation.com/moon-landing-anniversary-one-small-step-for-man-a-giant-leap-for-space-robots-120553

#space #history That time my grandad saved Neil Armstrong's life - RN - ABC News (Australian BroadcastingCorporation) https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-15/that-time-my-grandad-saved-neil-armstrongs-life/8022728

#cosmology CSIRO on Twitter: "Radio bursts are an astronomical "whodunnit," so we've channelled our inner Sherlock Holmes. Our researchers have pinpointed the precise location of a burst using our ASKAP radio telescope, bringing us closer to solving their mystery. @Science_Academy https://twitter.com/CSIROnews/status/1147294086870851586

#moon #technology Four surprising technological innovations that came out of the Apollo moon landings http://theconversation.com/four-surprising-technological-innovations-that-came-out-of-the-apollo-moon-landings-119605

#moon #computing #history Would your mobile phone be powerful enough to get you to the moon? http://theconversation.com/would-your-mobile-phone-be-powerful-enough-to-get-you-to-the-moon-115933

#ethics #science BBC - Future - Is it right to use Nazi research if it can save lives? http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190723-the-ethics-of-using-nazi-science

#obituaries Rutger Hauer, star of Blade Runner, dies aged 75 | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/jul/24/rutger-hauer-star-of-blade-runner-dies-aged-75 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNbJ45yyVcY https://media.giphy.com/media/NfssuO1V5K0kE/giphy.gif "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe, attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannh user Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die."

#society #science The volcano that could help prove alien life exists - Hawaii telescope: Desecrating sacred land or finding new frontiers? - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49082156

#history #science [BBC - Science & Environment] Moon landing: How Jodrell Bank tracked Apollo 11 and a Russian probe https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-49001181 2019-07-19T23:54:07

#strange Seth Shostak - 5 reasons not to storm Area 51 - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBsnfFL1JM8 "The last day of summer and maybe the last day of you" "Shostak's playing devil's advocate, highlighting problems and concerns, thus enabling better planning, logistics, and first aid. Good job, sir."

#space SpaceX s shiny new spaceship prototype Starhopper has flown for the first time | New Scientist https://www.newscientist.com/article/2211363-spacexs-shiny-new-spaceship-prototype-has-flown-for-the-first-time/

#asteroids Asteroid 2019 OK just missed Earth, surprising scientists - The Washington Post - https://bit.ly/2LFX0sV https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/07/26/it-snuck-up-us-city-killer-asteroid-just-missed-earth-scientists-almost-didnt-detect-it-time/

#health [Ars Technica - Science] Brain-eating amoeba kills again here s how it kills and how to avoid it https://arstechnica.com/?p=1542335 2019-07-26T18:25:35

#environment [Scientific American] Alarming Sonar Results Show Glaciers May Be Melting Faster Than We Expected http://rss.sciam.com/~r/ScientificAmerican-News/~3/c2Dp7JhCIog/ 2019-07-26T16:32:00

#anthopology From the penalty box to the ballot box, our brains are wired for tribalism http://theconversation.com/from-the-penalty-box-to-the-ballot-box-our-brains-are-wired-for-tribalism-117089

#environment [Ars Technica - Science] Second European heatwave this summer also linked to climate change https://arstechnica.com/?p=1545801 2019-08-03T19:56:34

#environment [BBC - Science & Environment] What's causing the heatwave? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-49093455 2019-07-24T12:21:56

#biodiversity [NPR - Science] Sharks Have Few Places To Hide From Fishing, Study Shows https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/07/24/744605834/sharks-have-few-places-to-hide-from-fishing-study-shows 2019-07-24T13:00:55

#history [Ars Technica - Science] Archeologists confirm near-legendary tale of crusaders siege of Jerusalem https://arstechnica.com/?p=1540725 2019-07-24T21:20:22

#strange #events #weird Area 51 raid event 'to see them aliens' removed by Facebook - The event creator is planning a real-life festival to replace the tongue-in-cheek Area 51 raid. https://www.cnet.com/news/area-51-raid-event-to-see-them-aliens-removed-by-facebook-creator-organizing-festival/ (Best way ever to convince conspiracy theorists they are wrong, riiight...)

#technology #hoverboard French inventor successfully crosses the English Channel on a hoverboard (Video) - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/4/20753648/jet-powered-hoverboard-english-channel-crossing-franky-zapata-success

#technology #hoverboard #video Les images du vol de Francky Zapata au-dessus de la Manche - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI-DL3hJFZE

#people 90-year-old graduate from Bairnsdale says it's never too late to study - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-29/90-year-old-graduates-message-to-australians-youre-never-too-old/11353796

#climate [Ars Technica - Science] The only global climate event of last 2,000 years was ours https://arstechnica.com/?p=1541643 2019-07-25T17:22:04

#climate [Ars Technica - Science] New IPCC report shows land use is part of solution to climate change https://arstechnica.com/?p=1548483 2019-08-08T23:06:14

#cosmology Astronomy and Space News - Astro Watch: Astronomers Discover Vast Ancient Galaxies, Which Could Shed Light on Dark Matter https://www.astrowatch.net/2019/08/astronomers-discover-vast-ancient.html

#cosmology Dark Matter May Have Existed Before the Big Bang, New Math Suggests | Space https://www.space.com/dark-matter-before-big-bang.html

#strange Thousands Of Tardigrades Are Stranded On The Moon After A Failed Lunar Mission : NPR https://www.npr.org/2019/08/08/749500826/thousands-of-tardigrades-are-stranded-on-the-moon-after-a-failed-lunar-mission

#strange Hordes of Earth's toughest creatures may now be living on Moon https://news.yahoo.com/hordes-earths-toughest-creatures-may-now-living-moon-005552957.html

#history Beyond the Apollo 50th Anniversary, with Poppy Northcutt - Out There http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/outthere/2019/08/08/beyond-the-apollo-50th-anniversary/

#astrophysics Very Large Telescope releases new view of ‘Cosmic Seagull’ | https://www.spaceanswers.com/deep-space/very-large-telescope-releases-new-view-of-cosmic-seagull/

#asteroids Asteroid’s Close Approach Demonstrates Need for More Eyes in the Sky – Parabolic Arc http://www.parabolicarc.com/2019/08/08/asteroids-close-approach-demonstrates-need-for-more-eyes-in-the-sky/

#cosmology What came first, dark matter or the Big Bang? | https://www.spaceanswers.com/deep-space/what-came-first-dark-matter-or-the-big-bang/

#geology When Earth's magnetic field flips, it could take thousands of years | Astronomy.com http://www.astronomy.com/news/2019/08/when-earths-magnetic-field-flips-it-could-take-thousands-of-years

#space A More Secure Space Weapons System Starts with Cyber - SpaceNews.com https://spacenews.com/a-more-secure-space-weapons-system-starts-with-cyber/

#women 8 New Sci-Fi Short Films About Intriguing Women and Space Travel https://io9.gizmodo.com/intriguing-female-characters-highlight-these-8-new-sci-1836894263

#astrophysics Maybe Dark Matter is Warm, Not Cold - Universe Today https://www.universetoday.com/143083/maybe-dark-matter-is-warm-not-cold/

#history What Was the Space Race? | Space https://www.space.com/space-race.html

#computing The Story of the Apollo Guidance Computer, Part 2 - Universe Today https://www.universetoday.com/143102/the-story-of-the-apollo-guidance-computer-part-2/ https://www.universetoday.com/142897/the-story-of-the-apollo-guidance-computer-part-1/

#astrophysics When Will the Sun Die? | Space https://www.space.com/14732-sun-burns-star-death.html

#radioastronomy ALMA finds previously unseen ancestors of elliptical galaxies – Astronomy Now https://astronomynow.com/2019/08/07/alma-finds-previously-unseen-ancestors-of-giant-elliptical-galaxies/

#radioastronomy Astronomers Search for Radio Signals From ‘Dead Planets’ http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2019/08/07/astronomers-search-for-radio-signals-from-dead-planets/

#anthropology New study in Science: Why humans in Africa fled to the mountains during the last ice age https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-08/mh-nsi073019.php

#food CNN: Fake meat is the future. Here's why -> http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/fxi6t291bF8/plant-based-meat-explainer-orig.cnn-business

#climate #food CNN: Food will be scarce, expensive and less nutritious, climate report says -> http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/21Bjpg186u8/index.html

#food CNN: Photos: Real or fake: meat substitutes -> http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/GQwJi5hi76I/index.html

#pictures Atlas at Dawn - Astronomy Picture of the Day https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

#pictures #robotics #rovers #spaceexploration Curiosity at Teal Ridge https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190808.html

#pictures #cosmology APOD: 2019 August 6 - The Local Void in the Nearby Universe https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190806.html https://arxiv.org/abs/1905.08329 https://arxiv.org/pdf/1905.08329.pdf

#exoplanets New Method May Help Scientists Study Exoplanets at the Edge of Chaos | Space https://www.space.com/exoplanets-edge-of-chaos-alien-worlds.html

#psychology You have more in common with a psychopath than you realise: Psychopaths force us to confront a paradox at the heart of ethics: the fact that I care about what happens to you is based on the fact I care about what happens to me. | Aeon Essays https://aeon.co/essays/you-have-more-in-common-with-a-psychopath-than-you-realise

#strange Why speaking to yourself in the third person makes you wiser | Aeon Ideas https://aeon.co/ideas/why-speaking-to-yourself-in-the-third-person-makes-you-wiser

#cats Hail Félicette! French Space Cat Memorial Beginning to Take Shape | Space https://www.space.com/felicette-space-cat-memorial-design-photos.html

#woo Your horoscope isn't speaking directly to you. But here's why it may feel like it is - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-09/astrology-horoscopes-why-it-feels-like-theyre-talking-to-you/11374550

#space Martian Merlot? How a Red Wine Compound May Help Us Cope with Mars' Gravity | Space https://www.space.com/red-wine-compound-mars-astronauts.html

#astrophysics This Is Why Black Holes Must Spin At Almost The Speed Of Light https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/this-is-why-black-holes-must-spin-at-almost-the-speed-of-light-8aa0fd9794e

#space NASA's Parker Solar Probe Is Beaming Back Extra Data as it Buzzes the Sun | Space https://www.space.com/parker-solar-probe-extra-data-sun-flybys.html

#moon New Images from China's Chang'e 4 as Eighth Lunar Day Ends - Sky & Telescope https://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/china-change-4-mission-images-eighth-lunar-day/

#physics [Scientific American] Watch Liquid-Based Magnet Droplets Twirl and Morph http://rss.sciam.com/~r/ScientificAmerican-News/~3/9OSMSzkzJZw/ 2019-07-23T10:45:00

#science A Mexican Physicist Solved a 2,000-Year Old Problem That Will Lead to Cheaper, Sharper Lenses https://gizmodo.com/a-mexican-physicist-solved-a-2-000-year-old-problem-tha-1837031984

#climate [NPR - Science] Researchers Are Trying To Find A Solution To Cut Concrete's Carbon Emissions https://www.npr.org/2019/08/08/749500858/researchers-are-trying-to-find-a-solution-to-cut-concretes-carbon-emissions

#science [Scientific American] The Brain in Images: Top Entries in the Art of Neuroscience http://rss.sciam.com/~r/ScientificAmerican-News/~3/siOP4AQHLSE/ 2019-07-29T13:00:00

#health [BBC - Science & Environment] Drug-resistant superbug spreading in Europe's hospitals https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-49132425 2019-07-29T15:11:28

#anthropology #PAYWALL Is reality real? How evolution blinds us to the truth about the world | New Scientist https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24332410-300-is-reality-real-how-evolution-blinds-us-to-the-truth-about-the-world/

#aliens #strange The truth is out there - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/retropod/the-truth-is-out-there-1/?utm_term=.fb453fd3c7d6

#moon #history The last person to set foot on the moon - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/retropod/the-last-person-to-set-foot-on-the-moon/?utm_term=.8c556e58d02f

#sociology #internet The researcher whose rats predicted the Internet - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/retropod/the-researcher-whose-rats-predicted-the-internet/?utm_term=.fbc2ac93dc78

#biography #people One of the greatest astronomers of her generation - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/retropod/one-of-the-greatest-astronomers-of-her-generation/?utm_term=.dc15df683411

#biography #history The astronomer who took gay rights to the Supreme Court - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/retropod/the-astronomer-who-took-gay-rights-to-the-supreme-court/

#physics #history How a solar eclipse made Albert Einstein famous - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/retropod/how-a-solar-eclipse-made-albert-einstein-famous/?utm_term=.1dcb4077aac6

[NPR - Science] I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream For ... Lab-Grown Animal Proteins! https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/08/02/747026144/dairy-ice-cream-no-cow-needed-these-egg-and-milk-proteins-are-made-without-anima

#aliens #humor #ethics #foods Storming Area 51 - Seth Shostak, Senior Astronomer - Aug 1, 2019 | SETI Institute https://www.seti.org/storming-area-51 "The idea for this effort was birthed on Facebook, and it was clearly intended as a joke. But so was Johnny Carson s 1973 claim that the U.S. was running out of toilet paper an offhand attempt at humor that triggered a real shortage. So joke or no, the hordes might really show up at the closely guarded federal facility. BookMaker, an Internet betting site, is already weighing the odds of a tsunami of citizens storming the chain-links and, if they do, the chances that they ll find any aliens mothballed inside. It s all good fun (unless, perhaps, you re a security guard for the Air Force.) But should you go? And, really, is there any reason to believe that extraterrestrials are stacked up at Area 51?" Latest news https://www.google.com/search?newwindow=1&client=firefox-b-d&biw=960&bih=445&tbm=nws&ei=II5GXe6vC46y5wKNtpeYAg&q=area+51+storm&oq=area+51+storm&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0.12678.14750.0.15529.5.1.0.4.4.0.130.130.0j1.1.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..0.5.164....0.yfDHhYf-z-k

#aliens They Can't Stop Us All par Finderz Keeperz https://soundcloud.com/finderzkeeperz/theycantstopusall We partnered with ''Storm area 51,they cant stop us all'' to bring the official anthem for the raid event. We are beyond thrilled to have this opportunity and we hope it snaps your fucking neck. Event page(disactactivated by facebook): bit.ly/sa51tcsua

#weird Chihuahua Was Abducted by a Seagull. It Could Happen, Expert Says. https://www.livescience.com/66006-gull-abducts-chihuahua.html

#music #18+ Rammstein 'Radio' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_(Rammstein_song) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK1_C0NdSOg https://genius.com/Genius-english-translations-rammstein-radio-english-translation-lyrics

#aliens How could aliens find us? - BBC Ideas https://www.bbc.com/ideas/videos/how-could-aliens-find-us/p073jvp0?playlist=universal-wonders

#moon Moon landing: Why the Moon is still such a mystery - BBC Ideas https://www.bbc.com/ideas/videos/why-the-moon-is-still-such-a-mystery/p07h0hzw?playlist=universal-wonders

#asteroids The weird world of comets - BBC Ideas https://www.bbc.com/ideas/videos/how-medieval-monks-are-revealing-our-universes-sec/p07jljv5?playlist=universal-wonders

#medieval How analysis of texts from the early medieval period can help us understand comets - and our universe. - BBC Ideas https://www.bbc.com/ideas/videos/how-medieval-monks-are-revealing-our-universes-sec/p07jljv5?playlist=universal-wonders

#people Three amazing astronomers you need to know about - Henrietta Swan Leavitt, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and Vera Rubin changed the way we view the universe. So why don't we hear more about them? BBC Ideas https://www.bbc.com/ideas/videos/the-women-who-changed-the-way-we-see-the-universe/p072n3vj?playlist=universal-wonders

#history Can the man who found the Titanic find Amelia Earhart? - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-49231625

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SETI@home & Science Links on IRC 2019/07/17

SETI@home & Science Links on IRC 2019/07/17 https://setiathomeirclinks.blogspot.com/2019/07/setihome-science-links-on-irc-20190717.html RSS Feeds https://setiathomeirclinks.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default http://feeds.feedburner.com/SETIathomeScienceIRClinks

Weekly Outage and Initial Catch Up: "Every Tuesday SETI@home begins a five hour data distribution outage for database and systems maintenance. The upload/download servers will be offline during this time. Afterwards you may experience connectivity issues for several more hours as the servers catch up with demand." https://setiathome.berkeley.edu

"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.Germany invites all BOINC teams to the SETI@Home Wow! Event 2019 https://www.seti-germany.de/Wow/home which takes place from Aug.15th, 1600 UTC until Aug.29th 2019, 1600 UTC. "We cordially ask all team leaders to forward the invitation to their team. Information about the Wow! Race & a registration form can be found at https://www.seti-germany.de/Wow/register/en SETI.Germany wishes you & your team members much fun!" -- Facebook Event https://www.facebook.com/events/440620326793598/

Dr Richard Lawn has posted another interesting article to the SETI Perspectives section, "Seeing the Unseeable: The Black Hole Image", about the Event Horizon Telescope's image of the black hole in M87. https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=84366

World Community Grid @WCGrid is hosting this year's @BOINCworkshop (July 9-12) In Chicago. See live and archived events at Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJDOd7pQf1IF8ZxKHpNwung/videos https://boinc.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=12945#91467

2019.07.13 BOINCstats (Willy) - Next weekend (July 14-15) the new BOINCstats website will be released. It's an all new design which plays nicely with mobile phones and tablets. Security is improved, pages and forms are optimized. It's a big change but most pages kan be found in the same place as before. Support for customized languages has been dropped, most were not properly maintained. For those who really need a translated version the build in translation of the browser may do the trick. I found it to be pretty decent for Dutch. And if you really can't get used to the new design, the old version of BOINCstats can be found at https://classic.boincstats.com, but be aware, that version will no longer be maintained and will receive no updates other than security patches! https://boincstats.com/en/forum/8/5247391

Enceladus' ocean right age to support life | Space | EarthSky https://earthsky.org/space/enceladus-ocean-moon-habitability-right-age-to-support-life

International team agrees on a natural origin for ?Oumuamua - Astrobiology Magazine https://www.astrobio.net/also-in-news/international-team-agrees-on-a-natural-origin-for-%ca%bboumuamua/ http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/info/press-releases/oumuamua_natural/

Sci-Am: 11,898 Solar Eclipses in 5,000 Years -> https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/life-unbounded/11-898-solar-eclipses-in-5-000-years/

[BBC - Science & Environment] Spektrum-SG: Powerful X-ray telescope launches to map cosmos https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-48966645 2019-07-13T12:33:20

Crikey, that's FAST: China clocks 84 pulsars in 2 years using world's largest radio telescope • The Register https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/07/04/china_radio_telescope/

Freaky Star Seems to Dim Randomly, and Astronomers Don't Know Why https://gizmodo.com/freaky-star-seems-to-dim-randomly-and-astronomers-dont-1836045295

Astronomers Are Baffled by HD 139139, the Most Bizarre Star Yet - Scientific American https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/astronomers-dont-know-what-to-make-of-this-incredibly-bizarre-star/

Deadly Cyanide Might Help Us Better Understand Early Life | Space https://www.space.com/cyanide-meteorites-may-reflect-origins-of-life.html

'What Would You Do If We Found Aliens?' Survey Asks https://www.livescience.com/65848-alien-contact-seti-survey.html Take the survey https://www.fromafar.world/opinion (results will be kept confidential for the moment: "We do not want to release any data at this moment, because it would bias the views of those who are still to respond")

OpenZika Nears End of Work on World Community Grid https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewNewsArticle.do?articleId=598

NASA Releases Stunning Panoramas of Apollo Landing Sites | NASA https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-releases-stunning-panoramas-of-apollo-landing-sites-for-50th-anniversary/

‘They can't stop all of us': More than 250K pledge to storm Area 51 to uncover alien secrets - Story | KRIV http://www.fox26houston.com/news/you-re-clicking-it/they-cant-stop-all-of-us-more-than-250k-pledge-to-storm-area-51-to-uncover-alien-secrets https://www.facebook.com/events/448435052621047/

‘Let’s see them aliens’: 300,000 Facebook users pledge to ‘storm Area 51’ - National | Globalnews.ca https://globalnews.ca/news/5483485/area-51-raid-facebook-aliens/ The Area 51 raid is set to be held at 3 a.m. on Sept. 20. “Let’s see them aliens,” the group description says. The event appears to be a massive inside joke, with thousands of users posting tongue-in-cheek plans of attack on the discussion page. “So what’s the parking situation gonna be like?” user Nick Damico wrote. “Are we car pooling?” “Just got some inside information that the base is actually deep underground,” said user Aaron Suadi. “If everyone brings a shovel we should make it.” https://www.facebook.com/events/448435052621047/?active_tab=discussion

NASA's Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) | Space https://www.space.com/wfirst.html

Astronomers explore the hypothetical world of exomoon expulsion | https://www.spaceanswers.com/deep-space/astronomers-explore-the-hypothetical-world-of-exomoon-expulsion/

How Was the Moon Made? We Won’t Know Until We Go Back - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/10/science/moon-facts.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

How well prepared are we to deal with a catastrophic asteroid strike? - Science News - ABC News https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2019-07-14/asteroids-and-apocalypse-and-life-on-earth/11282664

ALMA Reveals Moon-Forming Disk Around Distant Planet https://scitechdaily.com/alma-reveals-moon-forming-disk-around-distant-planet/

Moon landing footage would have been impossible to fake — a film expert explains why - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-11/moon-landing-footage-faked-film-expert-shows-why-it-wasnt/11298680

Science and Sustainability May Clash on the Moon - Scientific American https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/science-and-sustainability-may-clash-on-the-moon/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciam%2Fspace+%28Topic%3A+Space%29

Newly Spotted Asteroid with Supershort Year Swings Closer to the Sun Than Mercury | Space https://www.space.com/new-asteroid-discovery-shortest-known-year.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+spaceheadlines+%28SPACE.com+Headline+Feed%29

A Jarful of Titan Could Teach Us A Lot About Life There, and Here On Earth - Universe Today https://www.universetoday.com/142765/a-jarful-of-titan-could-teach-us-a-lot-about-life-there-and-here-on-earth/

Could NASA Build the Famous Saturn V Today? It's Working on It, with a Twist | Space https://www.space.com/nasa-saturn-v-and-sls-compared.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+spaceheadlines+%28SPACE.com+Headline+Feed%29

[NPR - Science] JoAnn Morgan: The Only Woman In The Firing Room During Apollo 11 https://www.npr.org/2019/07/05/738860204/joann-morgan-the-only-woman-in-the-firing-room-during-apollo-11

The Coolest Images of the July 9th, 2019 Solar Eclipse https://gizmodo.com/the-coolest-images-of-yesterdays-solar-eclipse-1836074629

This Is Everything That’s Wrong With Our Definition Of ‘Planet’ https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/this-is-everything-thats-wrong-with-our-definition-of-planet-f61f3873bd08

Eclipsecane! Solar Eclipse Photobombs Hurricane in Stunning Satellite Shots https://earther.gizmodo.com/eclipsecane-solar-eclipse-photobombs-hurricane-in-stun-1836072976

The Space Station May Soon Smell like Fresh-Baked Cookies - Scientific American https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-space-station-may-soon-smell-like-fresh-baked-cookies/

[Ars Technica - Science] No, a “checklist error” did not almost derail the first moon landing http://arstechnica.com/?p=714125 2019-07-05T14:08:21

[NYT - Space] Remembering Those Who Lived the Apollo 11 Mission https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/05/obituaries/apollo-11-moon-obituaries.html?emc=rss&partner=rss 2019-07-05T13:47:41

[NYT - Space] Mickey Kapp, Who Made Mixtapes for Astronauts, Dies at 88 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/05/arts/music/mickey-kapp-dead.html

James Webb's Eye in the Sky Aids Human Eyes with LASIK Tech | Space https://www.space.com/james-webb-technology-improve-human-vision.html LASIK: Laser-Assisted In-Situ Keratomileusis (vision correction laser surgery)

Opinion: Apollo 11: A Globe reporter’s childhood memory of the moonshot and why we shouldn’t go back - The Globe and Mail https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-apollo-11-a-globe-reporters-childhood-memory-of-the-moonshot-and-why/

What happened, or didn’t happen, next astonishes me to this day. I do not remember raucous cheering and clapping, football-stadium-style, as Apollo 11 soared away, piercing the light clouds. All I remember was silence, as if the crowd was dumbstruck by the sheer majesty of the event. It was the greatest technological achievement of the era, maybe of all time. -- Eric Reguly

Apollo 11 in Real Time https://apolloinrealtime.org/11/?t=rt

Apollo 11 launch. Extended coverage and some great super slow-mo of the launch. https://www.facebook.com/SteveSwayneAdelaide/videos/10212819348752498/

A Fire on the Moon by Norman Mailer | Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21107177-a-fire-on-the-moon

Apollo 11 - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11

The Science of Apollo - Sky & Telescope https://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/the-science-of-apollo/

50 years after Apollo 11, unsung heroes of Mission Control ponder past and future – GeekWire https://www.geekwire.com/2019/50-years-after-apollo-11-unsung-heroes-of-mission-control-get-their-share-of-glory/

Sorry, Black Holes Aren’t Actually Black - Starts With A Bang! - Medium https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/sorry-black-holes-arent-actually-black-2c6892393f49

The Real Reasons We Explore Space | Space | Air & Space Magazine https://www.airspacemag.com/space/the-real-reasons-we-explore-space-18816871/

Thirty Meter Telescope Set to Begin Construction - Sky & Telescope - July 11, 2019 https://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/thirty-meter-telescope-beginning-construction/

Hawaii: Mauna Kea protests rage against Thirty Meter Telescope - July 17, 2019 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/07/15/hawaii-mauna-kea-protests-rage-against-thirty-meter-telescope/1739657001/

Controversial telescope to be built on Mauna Kea in Hawaii  - JUne 20, 2019 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/06/20/controversial-telescope-built-mauna-kea-hawaii/1519270001/

The Heart of the Hawaiian Peoples' Arguments Against the Telescope on Mauna Kea | Smithsonian - 2015/04/23 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/heart-hawaiian-people-arguments-arguments-against-telescope-mauna-kea-180955057/

The Moon Hoax?: Conspiracy Theories on Trial | Thomas Eversberg | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43681473-the-moon-hoax

Fast Radio Bursts: Another Mysterious Space Signal Was Just Traced Back to Its Source
https://www.sciencealert.com/another-mysterious-space-signal-was-just-traced-back-to-its-source

Book Excerpt: The Complex Politics of Landing Man on the Moon – Flavorwire http://flavorwire.com/617772/book-excerpt-the-complex-politics-of-landing-man-on-the-moon

[Scientific American] DNA Data Storage Is Closer Than You Think http://rss.sciam.com/~r/ScientificAmerican-News/~3/0jUbrf9rAWQ/ 2019-07-05T12:00:00

[BBC - Science & Environment] Electric cars 'will not solve transport problem,' report warns https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48875361 2019-07-05T04:01:13

[BBC - Science & Environment] Climate change: Trees 'most effective solution' for warming https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-48870920 2019-07-04T19:14:00

[BBC - Science & Environment] Sargassum: The biggest seaweed bloom in the world https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-48869100 2019-07-04T18:38:56

[Scientific American] Massive Forest Restoration Could Greatly Slow Global Warming http://rss.sciam.com/~r/ScientificAmerican-News/~3/aiQsBhKX3BE/ 2019-07-04T18:00:00

[Scientific American] Safer Nuclear Reactors Are on the Way http://rss.sciam.com/~r/ScientificAmerican-News/~3/S6Q6mQYaFz0/ 2019-07-04T12:30:00

[Scientific American] Advanced Food Tracking and Packaging Will Save Lives and Cut Waste http://rss.sciam.com/~r/ScientificAmerican-News/~3/wCb3YABxVys/ 2019-07-04T12:00:00

[Scientific American] Utility-Scale Energy Storage Will Enable a Renewable Grid http://rss.sciam.com/~r/ScientificAmerican-News/~3/zoqZRTVLzXc/ 2019-07-05T12:30:00

[NSF - Discoveries] Study ties poor sleep to reduced memory performance in older adults https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=298829&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1

[NSF - Discoveries] Algorithm is designed to map universe, solve mysteries https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=298831&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1

[NSF - Discoveries] Artificial intelligence controls robotic arm to pack boxes and cut costs https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=298828&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1

[BBC - Science & Environment] Toxic processionary caterpillar plague spreads across Europe https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-48880468 2019-07-05T12:20:34

In Photos: The Famous Flightless Dodo Bird https://www.livescience.com/48639-dodo-bird-images.html

Biblical bad guys the ancient Philistines came from Europe, DNA shows - Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-archaeology-philistines/biblical-bad-guys-the-ancient-philistines-came-from-europe-dna-shows-idUSKCN1TY2JP

Personal Writings of Arthur C. Clarke Reveal the Evolution of "2001: A Space Odyssey" | At the Smithsonian | Smithsonian https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/personal-writings-arthur-c-clarke-reveal-evolution-2001-space-odyssey-180954967/

Liu Cixin’s War of the Worlds | The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/06/24/liu-cixins-war-of-the-worlds

The Invasion of Giant Pythons Threatening Florida | Science | Smithsonian https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/snakes-ate-florida-180972534/

CNN: Not everyone uses a toothbrush to clean their teeth -- here's what science says about the alternatives -> http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/qcWNFzDXU6k/index.html

Cockatoo Who Taught Self to Head-Bang Proves Rock Transcends Species https://www.livescience.com/65891-parrot-dances-spontaneously.html

[ This can’t possibly go wrong - Album on Imgur ] - https://bit.ly/2Jt5jVE

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SETI@home & Science Links on IRC 2019/07/04

SETI@home & Science Links on IRC 2019/07/04 https://setiathomeirclinks.blogspot.com/2019/07/setihome-science-links-on-irc-20190704.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)

To alleviate the load on the SETI@home servers during Ttuesday's maintenance outages and to give regular users the chance to replenish their work unit caches, the operators of high throughput hosts can set BOINC to temporarily stop polling data servers on this specific day. https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=84048&postid=1986061

BOINC web server fails, gets replaced - The machine hosting the BOINC web site, and Science United, failed last Friday, just after everyone had left for the weekend. Fortunately we were able to move the disks to another computer and we're back online as of this morning. We apologize for the inconvenience. https://boinc.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=13001&postid=91935

Project developer and scientist Matt Lebofsky makes a comeback and clarifies the role of SETI@home within Breakthrough Listen https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=83126&postid=1999821

SETI@home 20th Anniversary Tees - New batch ordered; get yours at cost $13 USD, Shipping cost is country-dependant, S M L XL or 2XL, White https://i.imgur.com/jivPniI.png or Black https://i.imgur.com/EZPhX3Y.jpg Send requests to thread https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=84069&postid=1999498 or send Uli a pm through https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_user.php?userid=729113

   " Examining a million stellar environments might sound impractical, but it’s not. While it took three years to add 1,300 to the list of observed systems, the speed of the search is increasing. It won’t take a century or two to add a million more. The actual timescale is closer to a decade. That should buoy readers who hope to be among the first humans to learn whether aliens really exist."
   "There are no guarantees, and SETI rests upon a hypothesis that’s impossible to falsify. It may be that there is an abundance of inhabited worlds but that 21st century SETI tech — mostly listening for alien radio signals — is incapable of detecting them. But such caveats are no reason to stop trying, any more than we should abandon efforts to find a cure for the common cold just because none has yet been found."
SETI has always butted up against the fact that the universe is very large and mostly empty — and that exploring large chunks of it takes a long time. But there’s both hope and expectation that, as the numbers grow, so too will the chance that one day we’ll find a scratchy signal — one that will change all future history.
    — Seth Shostack, in "Search for space aliens comes up empty, but extraterrestrial life could still be out there" https://seti.org/search-space-aliens-comes-empty-extraterrestrial-life-could-still-be-out-there

Search for space aliens comes up empty, but extraterrestrial life could still be out there | SETI Institute https://seti.org/search-space-aliens-comes-empty-extraterrestrial-life-could-still-be-out-there

SETI@home, the Alien-Hunting Project for the Nonscientist, Turns 20 - The Ringer https://www.theringer.com/tech/2019/5/24/18637942/seti-home-aliens-citizen-science-extraterrestrial-life-20th-anniversary

Message boards : Nebula : Help evaluate Nebula output https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=84352 Instructions https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/nebula/instructions.php Documentation https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/nebula/web/

The real reason why BOINC goest down during SETI@home scheduled outages finally revealed: "They make this place go down to make it harder to have a party." https://boinc.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=8105&postid=91887#91887 (The SETI IS Down cafe @ BOINC)

in Praise of SETI@home - How We Get To Next https://howwegettonext.com/in-praise-of-seti-home-c124a7461347?gi=b97ae0fe9ffa

"SETI is probably the most important quest of our time, and it amazes me that governments and corporations are not supporting it sufficiently." - Arthur C. Clarke, 2006

Breakthrough Listen Releases 1 Million Gigabytes of Data from Its Search for E.T. | Space https://www.space.com/breakthrough-listen-largest-ET-data-release.html http://seti.berkeley.edu/listen2019/ https://gizmodo.com/an-ambitious-search-for-aliens-came-up-short-so-astrob-1835658888

Berkeley SETI's Danny Price and Matt Lebofsky, lead authors of the papers we announced this week, were interviewed on Facebook Live by Seth Shostack and asked what this data release means https://www.facebook.com/SETIInstitute/videos/vb.67487330534/1333520023471758/?type=3&theater

How should we respond to alien contact? Scientists ask the public | Science | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jul/01/do-you-think-that-there-is-alien-life-beyond-earth-first-contact

Where are the aliens? SETI Institute - Senior Astronomer Seth Shostak discusses the Fermi Paradox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXi3K8LusZQ

It's quiet out there: scientists fail to hear signals of alien life - Breakthrough Listen project found no evidence of alien civilisations on 1,327 stars https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jun/18/its-quiet-out-there-scientists-fail-to-hear-signals-of-alien-life

After years of listening, we've heard not a single peep out of any aliens, say boffins. You think you can do better? OK, here's 1PB of signals - The Register https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/06/19/aliens_where_are_they/

NEW DC PROJECT Brainstorm@home http://brainstormhome.org/ investigates the molecular basis of brain-related diseases

WCG: New Climate research project: New Beta Test - May 29, 2019 https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg...ead,41609_offset,0#610450,41609_offset,0#610450

Oxford e-Research Centre teams up with ECMWF to enable scientists to run the OpenIFS weather model on thousands of people s home computers. | climateprediction.net https://www.climateprediction.net/oxford-e-research-centre-teams-up-with-ecmwf-to-enable-scientists-to-run-the-openifs-weather-model-on-thousands-of-peoples-home-computers/

A well rounded, humorous and recently updated article : " The WIRED Guide to Aliens" https://www.wired.com/story/wired-guide-aliens/ Extract: " What to Do When ET Phones: There's a protocol from the International cademy of Astronautics (lightly edited):
1. Scream.
2. Try to make sure, using your own equipment, that message from an alien is the most
likely explanation, way ahead of secret spy satellite or hoax courtesy of nearby laser lab.
3. Alert your alien-questing colleagues that you may have beaten them to the biggest
discovery in (non)human history, and kindly ask them to use their own equipment to confirm
it. Request that they redirect their resources to continuing observation.
4. If your colleagues agree you won, send a message out to all the other earthling astronomers
via the International Astronomical Union. Also, please phone the secretary general of the
United Nations (but gloat less).
5. Send WIRED an encrypted tip of your discovery via Signal.
6. Make the data public so scientists can check your work.
7. Work to protect the frequency at which you received the most important message ever,
so that the signal from a new internet of things toothbrush doesn t interfere with page 17 of
the faster-than-light ship schematic.
8. Don t respond to your new ET BFFs until appropriate international consultations have
taken place.
9. Pop the champagne! "

'Contact' by Carl Sagan and 'Three Body Problem' by Liu Cixin are my favorite science fiction novels. I especially enjoy the first contact theme. What are some others you'd recommend that are on par with these two? : booksuggestions https://www.reddit.com/r/booksuggestions/comments/9b2gjh/contact_by_carl_sagan_and_three_body_problem_by/

Signal Simulator 1.7 Update - fixes and changes - 10 June @ 3:27pm https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=83985&postid=1997778#1997778 Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCtCkK_AtAk https://steamcommunity.com/app/839310

New Video Shows How Humanity Could Spread Throughout the Galaxy https://gizmodo.com/new-video-shows-how-humanity-could-spread-throughout-th-1835873779

NASA s TESS Mission Finds Its Smallest Planet Yet https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2019/nasa-s-tess-mission-finds-its-smallest-planet-yet

NASA unveils new mission, Dragonfly, to fly to Saturn's moon, Titan, which could be home to alien life | Fox News https://www.foxnews.com/science/nasa-mission-saturns-titan

New Study Dramatically Narrows The Search For Advanced Life In The Universe - Astrobiology http://astrobiology.com/2019/06/new-study-dramatically-narrows-the-search-for-advanced-life-in-the-universe.html

Why Do People Think There are Aliens in Area 51? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Kgz15W7PVU

Scientists Find Bacteria Thriving in Earth Environment That's Just Like Young Mars https://www.newsweek.com/scientists-bacteria-earth-environment-young-mars-1437104

If Aliens Exist, They Will Probably Love Bach | Space https://www.space.com/8951-aliens-exist-love-bach.html

What Was the Wow Signal? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDT8xDtliS8

What Are Alien Megastructures ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiLDYM2Asx4

What Comes After James Webb and WFIRST? Four Amazing Future Space Telescopes - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x0RpGa_IXA&t=6s

Big Picture Science – Is Life Inevitable? http://blog.bigpicturescience.org/2019/05/big-picture-science-is-life-inevitable/

Are We The First Advanced Civilization in The Solar System? - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4WZndFzC7w

What If We Do Find Aliens? How Prepared Is Earth For Meeting Extraterrestrials - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qtz1wQT1wO8

SETI Institute Activity Report: 1st Quarter 2019 | SETI Institute https://www.seti.org/seti-institute-activity-report-1st-quarter-2019 https://www.seti.org/activity-reports

You've Got Whale | Big Picture Science http://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/youve-got-whale Eavesdropping on non-human communication

SETI Talks 2019 - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw6IJozmaWbRKXzeF7v9ywn-8Nmq89QJd

SETI Talks Series | SETI Institute https://www.seti.org/seti-talks - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7B4FE6C62DCB34E1

"Alien Visitation and Kecksburg" : We can often get a good sense of a UFO story's accuracy even without researching all the details; by Brian Dunning https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4681

Farts. OF COURSE. "On Alien Worlds, Extraterrestrials Could Be Spewing a Toxic, Smelly Gas. That's How We Could Find Them." https://www.livescience.com/65791-alien-life-may-spew-toxic-gas.html

For the Love of Science - Science enthusiasts, researchers, and students benefit from volunteer computing using BOINC@TACC - Texas Advanced Computing Center https://www.tacc.utexas.edu/-/for-the-love-of-science

Mysterious interstellar object Oumuamua is not an alien spaceship but scientists are still baffled | Fox News https://www.foxnews.com/science/mysterious-interstellar-object-oumuamua-is-not-an-alien-spaceship-but-scientists-are-still-baffled

No Aliens Needed: Odd Properties of the 1st Known Interstellar Visitor, 'Oumuamua, Can Be Natural | Space https://www.space.com/interstellar-oumuamua-not-an-alien-spacecraft.html

Study Sees ‘Oumuamua as a Natural Object + The natural history of ‘Oumuamua | Nature Astronomy https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=82258&postid=2000698

> If there is no solace in the fruits of our research, there is at least some consolation in the research itself. Men and women are not content to comfort themselves with tales of gods and giants, or to confine their thoughts to the daily affairs of life; they also build telescopes and satellites and accelerators and sit at their desks for endless hours working out the meaning of the data they gather. ? Steven Weinberg

Astrobiology Science Conference (AbSciCon) June 24 through Friday, June 28, 2019 - SpaceRef http://spaceref.com/live/astrobiology.html

Researchers say octopuses hold key to understanding aliens | Fox News Video https://video.foxnews.com/v/6054373859001/#sp=show-clips

Carl Sagan's Solar Sail Is Finally Ready To Fly - The Planetary Society is launching LightSail 2 to fulfill a vision rooted in the future https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/satellites/a28138148/solar-sail-ready-to-fly/

Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2019 shortlist in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/science/gallery/2019/jun/19/astronomy-photographer-of-the-year-2019-shortlist-in-pictures

Light pollution from satellites will get worse. But how much? | Astronomy.com http://www.astronomy.com/news/2019/06/light-pollution-from-satellites-will-get-worse-but-how-much

The Milky Way still bears scars from a collision with a ghostly galaxy | Astronomy.com http://www.astronomy.com/news/2019/06/the-milky-way-still-bears-scars-from-a-collision-with-a-ghostly-galaxy

BiPiSci – Nailing the Moon Landing: Inventing Technology http://blog.bigpicturescience.org/2019/07/bipisci-nailing-the-moon-landing-inventing-technology/

Lunar tales: The first (imaginative) Moon landings | Astronomy.com http://www.astronomy.com/news/2019/06/the-first-imaginative-moon-landing

Apollo's influence on science fiction | Astronomy.com http://www.astronomy.com/news/2019/05/apollos-influence-on-science-fiction

NASA Releases Stunning Images From Doomed Spitzer Telescope https://medium.com/extremetech-access/nasa-releases-stunning-images-from-doomed-spitzer-telescope-40c2869ed316

NASA is retiring its legendary Spitzer Space Telescope | Astronomy.com http://www.astronomy.com/news/2019/06/nasa-is-retiring-its-legendary-spitzer-space-telescope

Ask Ethan: What Happens When Stars Pass Through Our Solar System? https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/ask-ethan-what-happens-when-stars-pass-through-our-solar-system-d6ebddd5d74e

The Third Age of Understanding the Moon has Arrived? ?Are we Ready? https://medium.com/the-cosmic-companion/the-third-age-of-understanding-the-moon-has-arrived-are-we-ready-82ffd02b7a64

Settling the Galaxy: A Look at Our Future in Space Predict Medium https://medium.com/predict/settling-the-galaxy-a-look-at-our-future-in-space-f5239062b213

Ask Ethan: How Close Could Two Alien Civilizations Get To One Another? https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/ask-ethan-how-close-could-two-alien-civilizations-get-to-one-another-770a81f91bd7

10 Disconcerting Fermi Paradox Scenarios - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbqLDmgRjbk

A New View of Exoplanets With NASA s Upcoming Webb Telescope - May 29, 2019 - NASAs James Webb Space Telescope will open a new window on these exoplanets, observing them in wavelengths at which they have never been seen before. https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2019/a-new-view-of-exoplanets-with-nasa-s-webb-telescope

NOVA - Origins - Where are the aliens ? With Neil deGrasse Tyson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TnsMKpIqoM

The Not So Dead Sea: Traces of Ancient Bacteria Found in the Lake's Sediments - Scientific American | A new finding points to possible life in other extreme environments, including on ancient Mars https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-not-so-dead-sea-traces-of-ancient-bacteria-found-in-the-lakes-sediments/?redirect=1

Hubblecast 121: Discovering Exoplanets from Transits | ESA/Hubble https://www.spacetelescope.org/announcements/ann1906/?

Breakthrough Watch and European Southern Observatory Achieve First Light on Upgraded Planet-finding Instrument, NEAR - Astrobiology http://astrobiology.com/2019/06/breakthrough-watch-and-european-southern-observatory-achieve-first-light-on-upgraded-planet-finding.html

Alien Life Could Be Hiding Out on Far Fewer Planets Than We Thought | Space https://www.space.com/where-complex-alien-life-exists.html

Hubblecast 121: Discovering Exoplanets from Transits | ESA/Hubble https://www.spacetelescope.org/announcements/ann1906/

Hubblecast 121: Discovering Exoplanets from Transits | ESA/Hubble https://www.spacetelescope.org/announcements/ann1906/

https://astronomynow.com/2019/06/11/new-study-suggests-tighter-restrictions-on-exoplanet-habitability/

What Happens If China Makes First Contact? - The Atlantic - Pocket https://getpocket.com/explore/item/what-happens-if-china-makes-first-contact

[NYT - Space] NASA Reopens Apollo Mission Control Room That Once Landed Men on Moon https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/29/science/apollo-11-mission-control-nasa.html

[BBC - Science & Environment] Europe heatwave: Why are temperatures on the continent soaring? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-48756480

"SETI does share some traits with religion. It is motivated by deep human desires for connection and transcendence. It concerns itself with questions about human origins, about the raw creative power of nature, and about our future in this universe and it does all this at a time when traditional religions have become unpersuasive to many. Why these aspects of SETI should count against it is unclear. Nor is it clear why Congress should find SETI unworthy of funding, given that the government has previously been happy to spend hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars on ambitious searches for phenomena whose existence was still in question. The expensive, decades-long missions that found black holes and gravitational waves both commenced when their targets were mere speculative possibilities. That intelligent life can evolve on a planet is not a speculative possibility, as Darwin demonstrated. Indeed, SETI might be the most intriguing scientific project suggested by Darwinism." - Ross Andersen

The Space Station May Soon Smell like Fresh-Baked Cookies - Scientific American https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-space-station-may-soon-smell-like-fresh-baked-cookies/

Misinformation is everywhere. These scientists can teach you to fight BS. - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2019/06/24/misinformation-is-everywhere-these-scientists-can-teach-you-fight-bs/

Calling Bullshit Courses 1.1: Introduction to Bullshit - YouTube + series https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2OtU5vlR0k&list=PLPnZfvKID1Sje5jWxt-4CSZD7bUI4gSPS

They Kinda Want to Believe Apollo 11 Was Maybe a Hoax - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/01/science/moon-landing-hoax-conspiracy-theory.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

"There are two ways to slide easily through life; to believe everything or to doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking." - Alfred Korzybsk, Polish-American scientist and philosopher (born 3 Jul
1879).

How not to trash the planet at a music festival -> http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/CkUgUyP5_Og/index.html

Books that introduce advanced tech into primitive Civs : printSF https://old.reddit.com/r/printSF/comments/c6dqwq/books_that_introduce_advanced_tech_into_primitive/

Scientists closer to unraveling mechanisms of speech processing in the brain -> https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-06-scientists-closer-unraveling-mechanisms-speech.html

Why these strange, reclusive arachnids fled underground in evolutionary waves -> https://www.foxnews.com/science/why-these-strange-reclusive-arachnids-fled-underground-in-evolutionary-waves

New evidence shows crash with Antlia 2 gave the Milky Way the ripples in its outer disc | Rochester Institute of Technology | RIT https://www.rit.edu/news/new-evidence-shows-crash-antlia-2-gave-milky-way-ripples-its-outer-disc

ESA Announces Mothership Mission to Intercept Comets https://futurism.com/the-byte/esa-mission-intercept-comet

European Space Agency probe to intercept a comet - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48696024

Orion Capsule's Launch-Abort System: How It Works | Space https://www.space.com/nasa-orion-launch-abort-system-explainer.html

An Orbit Map of the Solar System http://tabletopwhale.com/2019/06/10/the-solar-system.html

NASA helicopter passes key tests on road to Mars flight – Astronomy Now https://astronomynow.com/2019/06/10/nasa-helicopter-passes-key-tests-on-road-to-mars-flight/

Where We Are: An At-A-Glance Spacecraft Locator | The Planetary Society http://www.planetary.org/explore/the-planetary-report/where-we-are-spacecraft-locator-july-2019.html

Three Canadian radar surveillance satellites ride SpaceX rocket into orbit Spaceflight Now https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/06/12/three-canadian-radar-surveillance-satellites-ride-spacex-rocket-into-orbit/

Canada s Next-generation RADARSAT Satellite Constellation Successfully Launches to Space Parabolic Arc http://www.parabolicarc.com/2019/06/12/canadas-nextgeneration-radarsat-satellite-constellation-successfully-launches-space/

'One Giant Leap' Recalls The Ordinary People Behind The Moon Landing : NPR https://www.npr.org/2019/06/12/731660780/one-giant-leap-explores-the-herculean-effort-behind-the-1969-moon-landing

No, This Is Not A Hole In The Universe Starts With A Bang! Medium https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/no-this-is-not-a-hole-in-the-universe-80a4bf81dd9e

Hubble Image of the Week - NGC 4051, An Explosive Galaxy https://scitechdaily.com/hubble-image-of-the-week-an-explosive-galaxy/

Large Synoptic Survey Telescope - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Synoptic_Survey_Telescope Welcome | https://www.lsst.org/

Ending in 2020, NASA's Infrared Spitzer Mission Leaves a Gap in Astronomy - Scientific American | Delays to the James Webb Space Telescope will result in at least a yearlong hiatus in space-based infrared observations https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ending-in-2020-nasas-infrared-spitzer-mission-leaves-a-gap-in-astronomy/

Interview: The Once and Future Moon - Scientific American https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/interview-the-once-and-future-moon/

NASA to open International Space Station to tourists - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48560874

How the Webb Telescope Will Explore Mars - June 4, 2019 - When NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, launching in 2021, reaches its destination a million miles from Earth, it will be able to see the whole disk of Mars every two years. If a global dust storm envelops the Red Planet at a time when Webb could see it, the powerful space telescope could gather information about the storm. https://www.nasa.gov/feature/how-the-webb-telescope-will-explore-mars

Mars: The box seeking to answer the biggest question: is there life on Mars^ - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-20323384

Space's Deepest Secrets Season 3 Episode 4 Search for Alien Earths - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ9xmHKTmSg
S03E15 - Search for Alien Life Air Date: Nov 27, 2017 21:00 - 2 years ago
New discoveries uncover possible evidence of alien life. This episode is a mashup of "Space's Deepest Secrets", S02E9, "Stranger Signals from Alien Worlds" and another Science Channel special, "Search for Alien Planets".
S03E07 - Expedition Extraterrestrial Air Date: Oct 03, 2017 21:00 - 2 years ago
Scientists on the hunt for extraterrestrial life suspect that it might be closer than we think: our very own solar system; using the latest discoveries, experts might, at last, confirm that our neighbors might harbor alien life.
S06E11 - Mars's Alien Secrets Air Date: May 28, 2019 22:00 - 7 days ago

BBC 100 Women - BBC Reel - The astronomer Caroline Herschel discovered eight comets. https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p06s6w9x/bringing-caroline-herschel-out-of-her-brother-s-shadow

BBC World Service - 13 Minutes to the Moon - Downloads https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xttx2/episodes/downloads

Here s what WFIRST will find? ?if we can save it. Graham Doskoch Medium - Simulations show that the next-generation space telescope will be truly extraordinary https://medium.com/@HDE226868/heres-what-wfirst-will-find-if-we-can-save-it-bb61f998f0f

Eternal darkness on the Moon s poles and future colonies https://medium.com/@uncertainquark/eternal-darkness-on-the-moons-poles-and-future-colonies-b71e630c60b1

The Anthropocene Era: Scientists Vote to Declare New Epoch Due to Humanity's Colossal Impact on the Planet https://www.newsweek.com/anthropocene-era-scientists-vote-declare-new-epoch-due-humanitys-colossal-1437021

Islands in the Dark | Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/posts/1105

Our Sun, the Still-mysterious Star That Gives Us Life | DiscoverMagazine.com http://discovermagazine.com/2019/july/ewk-the-sun

Two Decades of 'Growing Up' with Spitzer - NASA Spitzer Space Telescope http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/explore/blog/417-Two-Decades-of-Growing-Up-with-Spitzer

Five Things to Know About NASA s Deep Space Atomic Clock Parabolic Arc http://www.parabolicarc.com/2019/06/12/nasas-deep-space-atomic-clock/

SpaceX successfully launches first 60 satellites in massive Starlink internet constellation - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/15/18624630/spacex-elon-musk-starlink-internet-satellites-falcon-9-rocket-launch-live

As satellite constellations grow larger, NASA is worried about orbital debris - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/28/17906158/nasa-spacex-oneweb-satellite-large-constellations-orbital-debris

NASA picks three companies to send robotic landers to the Moon to study the lunar surface - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/31/18647357/nasa-clps-moon-robotic-lunar-landers-artemis-astrobotic-orbit-beyond-intuitive-machines

"TMRO.Space and TMRO.Science Live Shows" (Orbit 12-20 : Project Artemis and going back to the moon) begins shortly after 7m 48s https://youtu.be/FmT6Cd-EuxA&t=7m48s

Rise of the Supertelescopes Part 1 - Ground Telescopes - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR_uEh0qhk4
Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PstUvHlKEg

SpaceX Starlink satellites flying last night as viewed from Earth.
https://youtu.be/fzc3VQFh9zs

Scientists Model Costs of Geoengineering Effort to Dim the Sun https://medium.com/extremetech-access/scientists-model-costs-of-geoengineering-effort-to-dim-the-sun-45c24c972386?
https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/281347-scientists-model-costs-of-worldwide-geoengineering-effort-meant-to-dim-the-sun

Stratospheric aerosol injection tactics and costs in the first 15 years of deployment - IOPscience https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aae98d#erlaae98ds5

GEBCO-NF Alumni robots win ocean-mapping XPRIZE - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48473701

Could a supernova have made humans bipedal? http://www.astronomy.com/news/2019/05/could-a-supernova-have-made-humans-bipedal

Who Started the Moon Landing Hoax Conspiracy Theory? - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SnUaeMuyB0

Deep-Space Shielding - Scientific American Blog Network | Lithium hydride could protect humans from radiation on the way to Mars and be useful when they get there https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/life-unbounded/deep-space-shielding/

Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: Guest Post: A conversation with Lee Smolin about his new book "Einstein s Unfinished Revolution" http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2019/06/a-conversation-with-lee-smolin-about.html

There s Something Massive Buried Under the Moon s Far Side astroengine.com https://astroengine.com/2019/06/11/theres-something-massive-buried-under-the-moons-far-side/

It's Been Exactly One Year Since Opportunity Sent This Final Message Home - on its 5,111th Martian Day - Universe Today https://www.universetoday.com/142501/its-been-exactly-one-year-since-opportunity-sent-this-final-message-home-on-its-5111th-martian-day/

BBC World Service - 13 Minutes to the Moon, Ep.05: The fourth astronaut - The Apollo 11 computer and software that got us to the moon https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csz4dn

Perfecting the technology needed for starshades Astronomy Now https://astronomynow.com/2019/06/14/a-mind-boggling-starshade-studied-to-reveal-exoplanets/

Inside the 'secret underground lair' where scientists are searching the galaxies https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-17/inside-super-kamiokande-360-tour/11209104

Canada's longest space mission comes to an end - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-48766731/canada-s-longest-space-mission-comes-to-an-end

To be scientifically literate is to empower yourself to know when someone else is full of shit.
- Neil deGrasse Tyson

Total solar eclipse 2019: Sky show hits South America - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48828100

Here's the First Image from the Only Total Solar Eclipse of 2019! | Space https://www.space.com/2019-total-solar-eclipse-first-image.html

Climate change: Heatwave made 'at least' five times more likely by warming - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48838

Bird feeding chick cigarette end captured in picture - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48842178

Dragonfly: Drone helicopter to fly on Saturn's moon, Titan - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48799315

Senators get classified briefing on UFO sightings - POLITICO https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/19/warner-classified-briefing-ufos-1544273

Wow, What Is That? Navy Pilots Report Unexplained Flying Objects - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/26/us/politics/ufo-sightings-navy-pilots.html

The chart that defines our warming world - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48678196

Science Posters Suck. So Let s Reinvent Them. https://futurism.com/science-posters-suck-reinvent-them

These New Smart Lightbulbs Can Beam Data Through Light https://futurism.com/the-byte/signify-truelifi-smart-lightbulb

The Problem with Quantum Computers https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/the-problem-with-quantum-computers/

The language of physics | symmetry magazine https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/the-language-of-physics

[Scientific American] Watch a Raging Forest Fire Surround You in 360 Degrees http://rss.sciam.com/~r/ScientificAmerican-News/~3/LEfSzzRH3mk/ 2019-06-12T10:45:00

https://www.nature.com/news/scientific-method-defend-the-integrity-of-physics-1.16535
[10:58:41] [ Scientific method: Defend the integrity of physics : Nature News & Comment ] - https://bit.ly/2Wzo96z

How historic Jupiter comet impact led to planetary defense https://phys.org/news/2019-07-historic-jupiter-comet-impact-planetary.html

Apollo's Bounty: The Science of the Moon Rocks - Scientific American https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/apollos-bounty-the-science-of-the-moon-rocks/

When Earth and the Moon Were One - Scientific American https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/when-earth-and-the-moon-were-one/

NASA used DUCT TAPE to fix Apollo 13, documentary reveals https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1138275/nasa-apollo-10-snoopy-moon-capsule-royal-astronomical-society-spacex-space-news

Chemical Pi - Using the periodic table to memorize that celebrated number - Scientific American https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/chemical-pi/

FAQ: How Does New Trump Fetal Policy Impact Medical Research? - Scientific American | Changes could endanger promising medical research https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/faq-how-does-new-trump-fetal-policy-impact-medical-research/

The Funniest Math Joke - Scientific American Blog Network | Because you know it has to be when you write 400 words explaining it https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/roots-of-unity/the-funniest-math-joke/

Large Ebola outbreaks new normal, says WHO - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/health-48547983

What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (2018, Film) Cin S ries https://www.cineserie.com/movies/2163745/

Britain s top secret laboratory - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-48504670/inside-britain-s-top-secret-research-laboratory

Why Are Alternate Names Called Nicknames? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3V7hquFegM

Apparently We've All Been Pronouncing UFO Wrong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeIjyLYbkUU

What Ever Happened to Everyone's Friend MySpace Tom? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcpgmzHVc1E

Why Did Neil Armstrong Get to Be the First to Walk on the Moon? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo1Zfs-tPds

Are More People Really Killed by Vending Machines Than Sharks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iglWgCfJBfA

Sea Level Rise Can No Longer Be Stopped, What Next? https://youtu.be/MvqY2NcBWI8

[BBC - Science & Environment] Philippines sends tonnes of rubbish back to Canada https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-48455440 2019-05-31T03:08:45

Did an era of lightning burn humanity out of the trees? - Big Think https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/supernova-human-evolution

Can we feed 11 billion people while preventing the spread of infectious disease? https://phys.org/news/2019-07-billion-people-infectious-disease.html

A Bulwark against Trump's Stem Cell Ban - Scientific American Blog Network https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/a-bulwark-against-trumps-stem-cell-ban/

Retire all existing and planned fossil fuel power plants to limit warming to 1.5°C https://phys.org/news/2019-07-fossil-fuel-power-limit-15c.html

End online hate by treating it like a virus - Big Think
https://bigthink.com/Charles-Koch-Foundation/the-key-to-ending-online-hate-treat-it-like-a-virus

Iceland to build first temple to Norse gods in 1,000 years - Telegraph
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/iceland/11385603/Iceland-to-build-first-temple-to-Norse-gods-in-1000-years.html

Lyme disease vaccine: the frustrating reason there isn t one for humans - Vox https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/5/7/17314716/lyme-disease-vaccine-history-effectiveness

New York bans religious exemptions for vaccines amid measles outbreak - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48625990

Language wars: the 19 greatest linguistic spats of all time https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jun/17/language-wars-18-greatest-linguistic-spats

Mini-AIR (Annals of Improbable Research): The simplest way to keep informed about Improbable and Ig Nobel news and events about research that makes people LAUGH and then THINK. https://www.improbable.com/airchives/miniair/2019/mini2019-06.htm https://www.improbable.com/airchives/miniair/

They Kinda Want to Believe Apollo 11 Was Maybe a Hoax - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/01/science/moon-landing-hoax-conspiracy-theory.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

Music to Contemplate the Night Sky Astro Bob http://astrobob.areavoices.com/2019/06/12/music-to-contemplate-the-night-sky/
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MINIKIN "THROUGH THE CLOUDS" BASSME12 par Bass Me Records https://soundcloud.com/bass_me/clouds
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