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With Observations in Full Swing, Team Prepares to Remove "Sunglasses" from Telescope
Posted by Amir Alexander on 2007/02/26 11:00 CST
Keeping an Ear to the Center of the Galaxy, Southern SETI Prepares for Great Leap Forward
Posted by Amir Alexander on 2007/02/26 11:00 CST
Spacecraft Set to Reach Milestone, Reports Technical Glitches
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/02/07 11:00 CST
With Multi-Beam Receiver, SETI@home Takes Giant Step Forward
Posted by Amir Alexander on 2006/08/14 12:00 CDT
Updates from Past Recipients of the Shoemaker NEO Grants
Posted by Bruce Betts on 2006/07/18 12:00 CDT
Update as of July 13, 2006 Using the Shoemaker NEO Grant funds, Minor Planet Research has purchased a 1.7-terabyte data server for our Asteroid Discovery Station (ADS) education outreach program Through the generosity of Dr. Philip Christensen, this server is housed at the Mars Space Flight Facility (MSFF) at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona.
Telescope shows its Amazing Capabilities
Posted by Bruce Betts on 2006/07/11 12:00 CDT
During a few observation sessions in late April, the new Optical SETI Telescope was already demonstrating its amazing capabilities. Over three nights, the telescope completed 17 hours of observation, under the direction of Paul Horowitz and his team of Harvard graduate students. During that time, the telescope observed 1% of the sky, looking for the briefest flashes of light coming from outer space.
Posted by Charlene AndersonAmir Alexander on 2006/07/07 12:00 CDT
The Planetary Society Optical SETI Telescope Opens
Posted by Bruce Betts on 2006/04/28 12:00 CDT
On April 11, 2006, a new era dawned in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) with the dedication and beginning of operations of The Planetary Society Optical SETI Telescope in Harvard, Massachusetts. It is the first devoted optical SETI telescope in the world. The telescope was constructed by Paul Horowitz and his group at Harvard University using funding from Planetary Society members.
The Planetary Society and the Search for Extrasolar Planets
Posted by Amir Alexander on 2005/10/27 12:00 CDT
Almost since it was founded in 1980, The Planetary Society has been there for the search for other worlds.
The End of Cosmos 1, the Beginning of the Next Chapter
Posted by Louis D. Friedman on 2005/09/30 12:00 CDT
Updates from Past Recipients of the Shoemaker NEO Grants
Posted by Bruce Betts on 2005/08/17 12:00 CDT
Update as of July 28, 2005 Following last year's Potentially Hazardous Asteroid and a few other non-main-belt discoveries, I looked into what improvements I could make to more efficiently image the sky. The major advance involved the design of a 3-lens corrector comprising 2 stock lenses and a custom lens I made myself.
Volna Failure Review Board Reports on Loss of Cosmos 1
Posted by Louis D. Friedman on 2005/07/20 12:00 CDT
Posted by Susan Lendroth on 2005/07/01 12:00 CDT
The Story of Cosmos 1 is Not Over: A Personal Report
Posted by Louis D. Friedman on 2005/06/25 12:00 CDT
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