The SETI Institute is seeking a term-appointment (at least 18 months at approx. part time) project manager to oversee the upgrade of the Allen Telescope Array (ATA) radio telescope in Northern California. The ATA's primary application is to discover artificial signals coming from outside of our solar system indicating extra-terrestrial intelligence, and additionally to study and discover astronomical anomalies.
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December 04, 2012
Research scientist, Dr. Nathalie Cabrol and her team head to Chile to collect environmental and biological data in and around Laguna Negra to study how the Lake Lander probe senses its environment. Afterwards, the probe will come back to the US where the engineering team will start working on its “brain” (the adaptive system).
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Using Technology Relevant to Titan’s Exploration to Investigate the Impact of Glacial Melt on Past and Present Planetary Lakes
November 13, 2012
Hear from the father of SETI, Frank Drake and Co-founder of the SETI Institute and TED Prize winner, Jill Tarter about why the search of the cosmos is vitally important - in some surprising ways.
November 08, 2012
By Amina Khan
Los Angeles Times
An team of astronomers has made two discoveries: a super-Earth sitting a mere 42 light years away at just the right temperature for liquid water -- and a creative new way to look for such exoplanets.
November 08, 2012
By Seth Shostak
Could rocket scientists be an endangered species?
You're probably betting "no," given the contemporary efforts to hurl hardware to the moon, to Mars, and to a passel of other unearthly locales. The rocket biz is busy, and it's diversifying. An enthusiastic troupe of private companies is also getting into the act, hoping to cash in by lifting off.