One day in spring 2018 astrophysics professor Jason Wright gave his students a tall order: make a substantial, novel contribution to the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI)—in a semester. That kind of research is usually reserved for Ph.D. dissertations, the culmination of years of toil and turmoil.
At the helm of this still unbuilt ship is Wright, an affable, articulate guy who—until fairly recently—mostly studied exoplanets and not signs of their potential exobeings. His journey into SETI research was a coincidence, a collision between past and present that—like any collision—sent him spinning off in a new direction.
Not to change the topic here:
We may consume extraterrestrial sugar one day! | The Times of India
Found on Mars: Alien insects...
"There is apparent diversity among the Martian insect-like fauna which display many features similar to Terran insects that are interpreted as advanced groups – for example, the presence of wings, wing flexion, agile gliding or flight, and variously structured leg elements."
To back up these Nobel-Prize-grade discoveries, Romoser brandished photos taken by NASA's Curiosity rover, photos that have been given an authoritative sheen with Microsoft Paint-level annotations. In among the smudges and shadows were "insect-like forms" lying in the Martian dirt. Or rocks, as they're otherwise technically known.
'We're all Earthlings': the scientists using art to explore the cosmos | Art and design | The
S ince 1984, the scientific research institute SETI has worked with some of the brightest minds on our planet: astronomers, solar system dynamics experts, exoplanet detection specialists, astrochemists. All of them are on a mission to decode the universe's mysteries – but has one area of expertise been overlooked?
Of course, art and science have long coexisted. As Lindsay points out, Leonardo da Vinci was both a great scientist and a great artist. "Yet somehow during the 20th century," he says, "these disciplines became silos and more specialised."
While you're here, how about this:
New evidence that an extraterrestrial collision 12,800 years ago triggered an abrupt climate
Christopher R. Moore , Archaeologist and Special Projects Director at the Savannah River Archaeological Research Program and South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of South Carolina
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The muck that’s been accumulating at the bottom of this lake for 20,000 years is like a climate time capsule. Christopher R. Moore, CC BY-ND
In the space of just a couple of years, average temperatures abruptly dropped , resulting in temperatures as much as 14 degrees Fahrenheit cooler in some regions of the Northern Hemisphere. If a drop like that happened today, it would mean the average temperature of Miami Beach would quickly change to that of current Montreal, Canada. Layers of ice in Greenland show that this cool period in the Northern Hemisphere lasted about 1,400 years.
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