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Optical SETI Gets a Major Upgrade
Posted by Bruce Betts on 2012/08/30 03:57 CDT | 5 comments
The Planetary Society Optical SETI Telescope in Harvard, Massachusetts just got a major upgrade of its electronics. The telescope, which has been operating the only all-sky optical SETI survey since its opening in 2006, is run by Harvard University Professor Paul Horowitz and his team. The telescope scans the sky every clear night with a 72-inch primary mirror, looking for laser pulses as short as one billionth of a second that could be transmitted by distant extraterrestrials. When observing, it has been able to process 1 terabit (trillion bits) of data every second, that’s as much as in all the books in print every second.
One Man's Quest for SETI's Most Promising Signal
Posted by Amir Alexander on 2012/01/27 03:29 CST | 2 comments
A review of Robert H. Gray's "The Elusive Wow: Searching for Extraterrestrial intelligence."
The Quest for the "WOW!": one man's search for SETI's most promising signal
Posted by Amir Alexander on 2012/01/27 11:00 CST
SETI@home Following Up on Kepler Discoveries
Posted by Charlene Anderson on 2011/05/13 06:15 CDT
Remember SETI@home? The ground-breaking computing project is now taking a look at candidate Earth-like planets that have been detected by NASA's Kepler space telescope.
Citizen Science projects for Planetary Science: Get Involved! Do Science!
Posted by Mike Malaska on 2011/05/12 05:13 CDT
Citizen Science projects let volunteers easily contribute to active science programs. They're useful when there is so much data it overwhelms computing algorithms (if they exist) or the scientific research team attempting to process it.
Astropulse: A Fresh Look at the Skies in Search of E.T.
Posted by Amir Alexander on 2009/08/27 12:00 CDT
Quake Catcher Network: SETI@home Spinoff Tracks Earth-Shakers
Posted by Amir Alexander on 2008/09/28 12:00 CDT
From SETI@home to Hominid Fossils: Citizen Cyberscience Reshapes Research Landscape
Posted by Amir Alexander on 2008/01/15 11:00 CST | 1 comments
Planetary System Detected Around SETI@home Target Star
Posted by Amir Alexander on 2007/11/08 11:00 CST
Planetary Society's Optical SETI Telescope Offers Online View of Night sky
Posted by Bruce Betts on 2007/10/30 12:00 CDT
The Planetary Society's Optical SETI Telescope was built solely to search for possible light signals from alien civilizations. Located at Oak Ridge Observatory in Harvard, Massachusetts, it is the first dedicated Optical SETI telescope in the world. Its 72-inch primary mirror also makes it larger than any optical telescope in the U.S. east of the Mississippi river.
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
With Observations in Full Swing, Team Prepares to Remove "Sunglasses" from Telescope
Posted by Amir Alexander on 2007/02/26 11:00 CST
With Multi-Beam Receiver, SETI@home Takes Giant Step Forward
Posted by Amir Alexander on 2006/08/14 12:00 CDT
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.
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