Scientists have discovered that over 5,000 tonnes of extraterrestrial dust fall on Earth each year.
Our home planet encounters dust from comets and asteroids. These interplanetary dust particles pass through our atmosphere and give rise to shooting stars. Some of them reach the ground in the form of micrometeorites.
An international programme conducted for nearly 20 years by scientists from the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), the Universite Paris-Saclay and the National Museum of Natural History with the support of the French Polar Institute, has determined the amount of micrometeorites that reach the ground.
SETI pioneer Dan Werthimer to receive Drake Award | Berkeley News
Dan Werthimer, a co-founder of the popular screen saver SETI@home and a UC Berkeley astronomer who developed ever-more-sensitive radio receivers to aid the search for extraterrestrial intelligence on other planets, will share the 2021 Drake Award, named after the father of SETI, astronomer Frank Drake.
Werthimer, who is chief scientist at the Berkeley SETI Research Center, will share the award with Paul Horowitz, emeritus professor of physics and electrical engineering at Harvard University.
Drones that swarmed U.S. warships are still unidentified, Navy chief says
Drones that hovered around U.S. destroyers for hours off the California coast remain unidentified more than a year and a half after the episode, the Navy's top officer says.
Adm. Michael Gilday, chief of naval operations, spoke about the July 2019 flights Monday at a Defense Writers Group event in Washington. Gilday said the incident — and other similar sightings — were still being assessed.
Asked if the Navy had identified the drones that flew near U.S. warships near the Channel Islands off Southern California, Gilday said: "No, we have not."
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Disney teases Groot walking animatronic and 'real' Star Wars lightsaber – San Bernardino Sun
Disney theme park boss Josh D'Amaro offered a rare sneak peek at a pair of innovative blue-sky technologies that Walt Disney Imagineering is working on for Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, Avengers Campus and Disney theme parks around the globe.
The Disney Parks, Experiences and Products chairman showed off a "real" Star Wars lightsaber and teased a Groot walking audio-animatronic during a virtual press event to announce the June 4 opening date of Avengers Campus at Disney California Adventure.
New 'TIC' film series helps Aurora Theatre reopen | Movies | buffalonews.com
True to the words on the marquee behind owner Lynn Kinsella, the Aurora Theatre is reopening with the "Throwback Independent Classic Film Series."
Owner Lynn Kinsella has instituted safety precautions at the Aurora Theatre including sanitizing the theater and marking off seats to keep guests at a social distance.
The magical Steven Spielberg film "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial" opens the "Throwback Independent Classic Film Series" at the Aurora Theatre.
Dan Werthimer and Paul Horowitz to Share 2021 Drake Award
The SETI Institute has named Dan Werthimer and Paul Horowitz as recipients of the 2021 Drake Award.
The 2021 Drake Awards mark the first time this SETI Institute award has simultaneously recognized the achievements of two people, a testament to the extraordinary contributions each has made to SETI Research.
Werthimer was the co-founder and principal investigator for the enormously popular screen saver, SETI@home, which more than 8 million members of the public have used to process data collected by radio telescopes searching for emissions from other intelligence. SETI@home brought SETI very literally into people's homes and helped establish it as a mainstream science in the public's minds.
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