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[07.17.08] - Writing for an Extraterrestrial Audience
Walking past the open door of a writer's workshop that was held this spring at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, much of the conversation was of the sort you might expect from any other group of students honing their craft as creative writers.

[07.10.08] - The Roar of the Aurora
It's the mother of all earthly radio transmissions, a broadcast that's been on the air for billions of years.


[07.03.08] - Adopt a Scientist
This story inaugurates a new monthly feature that will highlight the research undertaken by SETI Institute scientists, as well as provide an opportunity for you to join an expedition or participate directly in science or science education.  This month, we feature planetary geologist Dr. John Marshall.


extrasolar earthes[06.28.08] - Scientists Hunt for Astrobiology at Carl Sagan Center
What is the Carl Sagan Center? Astrobiology has become one of the hottest fields of science, and one of the most interesting to the general public. Research in astrobiology has spread widely, with many major universities and other research institutions establishing active programs. Scientists at the SETI Institute have been doing astrobiology research for more that two decades.

extrasolar earthes[06.19.08] - Closing In on Extrasolar Earths
Little more than a decade ago, astronomers Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz announced the discovery of a planet in orbit about 51 Pegasi. It rushes around its sun in just over four days, seared to a temperature of 1,000 degrees Celsius (about 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit).

[06.12.08] - Good Timing
I don't keep a Top 40 list of SETI questions, but if I did, this one would be perennially on the charts: "could our experiments pick up Earth?"

[06.05.08] - Water on the Moon?
Recent headlines have announced a raging controversy among scientists about whether there is actually water ice in the craters near the lunar poles.

Meteors[05.29.08] - Summertime Balls of Fire
I have identified another minor planet that is likely responsible for one of our meteor showers.

[05.22.08] - Bumpy Road to Mars, Part 2
On Sunday, May 25, the Phoenix Lab lands on Mars to look for evidence of water and organics in the soil.

Mars[05.15.08] - Bumpy Road to Mars, Part 1
 The Phoenix Lander arrives at the red planet May 25. It will alight on soils near the north polar permanent ice cap on an Arctic plain where the Mars Odyssey, currently in orbit, detected high concentrations of ice just below the topsoil.

Flags and Gray Guy[05.08.08] - Why Don't They Do SETI?
 A widespread and popular impression of SETI is that it's a worldwide enterprise. Well, it's not, and there's something modestly puzzling in that.

[05.01.08] - Astrobiology Is Alive and Well Lord Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal, opened AbSciCon 2008, the fifth bi-annual astrobiology science conference. His thoughtful view on life in the cosmic context set the tone for the vigorous and intellectually diverse meeting.

 

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Hydrated silicate minerals on Mars observed by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter CRISM instrument

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Team hopes to use new technology to search for ETs
Dr. Seth Shostak

A paper on information theory and humpback whale songs[pdf]
Dr. Laurance Doyle


The One that Got Away
Dr. Jonathan Fortney

The Dark Side of the Rings of Uranus Dr. Mark Showalter

An Unusual Meteor Shower on 1 September 2007 [pdf] by Dr. Peter Jenniskens.