Blog Posts by Amir Alexander

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.

Kaguya Set to Strike the Moon

Posted by Amir Alexander on 2009/05/21 03:44 CDT

Kaguya Set to Strike the Moon

Near Earth Object 2011 GP59, discovered by Shoemaker Grant recipient La Sagra Observatory

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.

Artist's concept of 55 Cancri's fifth-discovered planet

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.

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

Located in the southern part of the continent of South America, Southern SETI has a continuous view of densest star-fields in our galaxy. And, since 1990, it has been sponsored and supported by The Planetary Society.

With Observations in Full Swing, Team Prepares to Remove "Sunglasses" from Telescope

Posted by Amir Alexander on 2007/02/26 11:00 CST

Winter time is observing time at the Oak Ridge Observatory in Massachusetts, when humidity is low and the sky is often clear. And so it has been for the Optical SETI telescope, which opened its doors in April 2006.