SETI Needs Your Help to Resume Search for Extraterrestrial Life Keith’s note 22 June 2011: “We are discovering more Earth-like planets every day, so now is more critical than ever […]
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How Congressional Budget Uncertainties Affect Science
Exobiology 2010 Update #4 “As you know, federal spending is under intense scrutiny. In addition, the timing of the federal budget review and approval process has been less than ideal. […]
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Cuts To NASA's Exobiology Program
NASA Exobiology 2010 Update #3, NASA SMD “I had hoped by now to have selection recommendations complete. However, as I was working through the reviews, a budget reduction to Exobiology […]
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Allen Telescope Array Put Into Hibernation
Budget crunch mothballs telescopes built to search for alien signals, Scientific American “The hunt for extraterrestrial life just lost one of its best tools. The Allen Telescope Array (ATA), a […]
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Massive CO2 Deposits Found on Mars
NASA Spacecraft Reveals Dramatic Changes In Mars’ Atmosphere “NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has discovered the total amount of atmosphere on Mars changes dramatically as the tilt of the planet’s […]
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Video: The Milky Way, Life, and Other Things
The Mountain from Terje Sorgjerd on Vimeo. “This was filmed between 4th and 11th April 2011. I had the pleasure of visiting El Teide. Spain’s highest mountain @(3715m) is one […]
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Alien Life on Earth
Astrobiologists Discover Strange Benthic Microbial Mats in Antarctica “Photosynthetic microbial mats forming large conical structures up to half a meter tall have been discovered by astrobiologists in Lake Untersee, Antarctica. […]
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Memorial Services for Baruch S. Blumberg
“Dr. Blumberg’s family has requested that memorial gifts be sent to the American Philosophical Society for the Baruch S. Blumberg Fund for the Lewis and Clark Grants for Exploration and […]
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Reactions To Barry Blumberg's Passing
Baruch Blumberg Passes Away, David Morrison, SETI Institute “I was privileged to have lunch with Barry the day he died. He was attending a conference at Ames discussing exploration planning […]
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Spaceward Bound Visits the UAE
NASA’s Spaceward Bound Goes to the Deserts of the United Arab Emirates “Whether or not you remember the winter of 2011 as unusually cold or snowy, an adventurous team of […]