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Kaguya impact information available to observers
Posted by Amir Alexander on 2009/06/04 05:45 CDT
Kaguya impact information available to observers
Posted by Amir Alexander on 2009/06/02 04:15 CDT
Early Data from Ibuki
SERENDIP Takes a Great Leap Forward
Posted by Amir Alexander on 2009/05/26 12:00 CDT
Just when SETI@home is celebrating its 10th anniversary, its older brother, Project SERENDIP, is getting a general makeover.
Posted by Amir Alexander on 2009/05/21 03:44 CDT
Kaguya Set to Strike the Moon
Shoemaker Grant Recipient Co-Discovers Comet Lulin
Posted by Amir Alexander on 2009/02/24 11:00 CST
Quake Catcher Network: SETI@home Spinoff Tracks Earth-Shakers
Posted by Amir Alexander on 2008/09/28 12:00 CDT
One of the youngest off-springs of SETI@home has been getting a great deal of attention recently. Known as the Quake-Catcher Network (QCN), this distributed computing project makes use of thousands of volunteers' computers to locate and track earthquakes.
With Only Months to Delivery, Work Intensifies on LIFE Experiment
Posted by Amir Alexander on 2008/09/15 12:00 CDT
Phobos LIFE Experiment Designs Finalized, Hardware in Production, Important Partnerships Established
Posted by Amir Alexander on 2008/07/31 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 comment
In the beginning was SETI@home, the first large-scale volunteer computing project, launched in 1999 with seed money from The Planetary Society. Within months the project had millions of volunteers around the world joining to form the most powerful computer network ever assembled.
Planetary System Detected Around SETI@home Target Star
Posted by Amir Alexander on 2007/11/08 11:00 CST
A fully formed planetary system, with five different planets of varying sizes and orbits has been found, orbiting a star more than 40 light years away. Significantly, it is the very same star, 55 Cancri, that was one of the chief targets of the SETI@home reobservations at Arecibo in March 2003.
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