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Where in the Worlds has SETI Institute Been? May 15 - 21, 2017
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Where in the Worlds has SETI Institute Been? May 15 - 21, 2017
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NASA’s SOFIA Confirms Planetary System Similar to Ours
Last week, NASA announced that its flying observatory, SOFIA (short for Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy) completed a study of a nearby planetary system that is very much like our solar system, centered on the star Epsilon Eridani, also known as Eps Eri.
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The NASA Frontier Development Lab (FDL) is looking for Planetary Science doctorate or post-doc researchers with an understanding or interest in one of this year’s problem areas
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SETI Institute observes Trappist-1, the Star with many Earth-like planets
Three of the planets in the Trappist-1 system are believed to be in the “habitable zone” for life: close enough to their star to melt ice but not so close that all the water evaporates. In other words, these planets might have liquid water at their surfaces.
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Support the Search for Life on Mars
The SETI Institute needs your help to help raise $80,000 to fund this important work. Funds raised this Spring will allow Nathalie and her team to commit to another field expedition this year.
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Odd-looking Jewel in Saturn’s Rings
It’s a rock-and-ice piece of ravioli that’s the size of Manhattan, a satellite known as Pan, and one of Saturn’s 62 known moons.
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In 1990, the Voyager 1 spacecraft – outbound from the solar system at four times the distance of Saturn – swung its 1500 mm telephoto lens back towards Earth, and snapped a picture.
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OSIRIS-REx says hello to the ATA!
The ATA uses 42 radio dishes to search for radio transmissions from ET. How do we know the system is working?
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Astronomers using large optical telescopes in Chile have discovered an Earth-size world around our nearest stellar neighbor, Proxima Centauri.
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