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Category Archives: SETI
E-Eyes on the Cosmos
New Horizons, the fastest launched probe, is shooting towards a close encounter with Pluto and its three moons on July 14, 2015. As NH will get ~50 metre resolution we can work out the baseline for an interferometer to achieve … Continue reading
Posted in Cosmos, SETI, Super-Tech, exoplanets
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Life On Titan!
Hints of life found on Saturn moon – space – 04 June 2010 – New Scientist. CASSINI News Bite Something is eating acetylene and hydrogen on Titan! Ok, so it might be chemistry, bare and unadorned by the complexity that … Continue reading
Posted in Carnival, SETI, Sol Space
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Prospects for Oxygen-Breathers in Europa
An MSNBC news-bite covering a recent study by Richard Greenberg, long time Europa researcher, which quantifies the delivery of oxygen, produced by photolysis of surfaces ices, to the ocean beneath. The ocean seems to be highly oxygenated and, Greenberg estimates, … Continue reading
Posted in Biology, Carnival, Cosmos, SETI
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I Dream of the City
I dream of a City, but not like any we know in our Time. This City is more like a forest – of crystal columns, thinking inscrutable thoughts. But the City is powerful – it reaches across all Times, drawing … Continue reading
Posted in Belief or Not, Cosmos, SETI, SF
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Project Icarus Update
Project Icarus Update… my comment.. My Views on the Fermi Paradox.
Posted in SETI, Starflight, Super-Tech
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Jupiter lost a cloud stripe IV
Ah… this is apparently a regular occurance on Jupiter… Jupiter has lost a belt! …By Emily Lakdawalla …referencing Astro Bob here… Jupiter loses one of its belts …who tells us the following… So here’s the surprise. That bad boy south … Continue reading
Posted in Cosmos, SETI, Sol Space
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Jupiter lost a cloud stripe III
The image above is Jupiter seen through a different spectral filter, and as you can see the bands defined by CH4 (methane) absorption are still as prominent as ever. This indicates the change in visible light colours is due to … Continue reading
Posted in Cosmos, SETI, Sol Space
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Jupiter lost a cloud stripe II
Jupiter lost a cloud stripe, new photos reveal – Space.com- msnbc.com. Jupiter’s missing stripe might be related to this… The impact of a large object with Jupiter in July 2009 Authors: A. Sánchez-Lavega, A. Wesley, G. Orton, R. Hueso, S. … Continue reading
More on ARMAN
Weird, Ultra-small Microbes Turn Up in Acidic Mine Drainage …at On Orbit …a reiteration of this Astrobiology Magazine piece …itself a re-echo of this U.Cal Berkeley News Bite. Basically the ARMAN (Archaeal Richmond Mine Acidophilic Nanoorganisms) microbes, classified with the … Continue reading
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Round-Trip Fusion Rockets II
A worthwhile predecessor to my present musings is the 1996 efforts by Kelly Starks & the gang at the Lunar Institute of Technology. As you’ll note the “updates” have lagged somewhat, but the Starship Design Study is well worth a … Continue reading
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