Notices by SETI Institute (setiinstitute@mastodon.social)

https://gizmodo.com/jaw-dropping-report-reveals-causes-of-arecibo-telescope-collapse-2000517284

The famous Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico collapsed due to a combination of decayed zinc in the telescope’s cable sockets and previous damage from Hurricane Maria, according to a report published by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

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#PPOD: Like an army of ghosts, snow penitents conquered the slopes of a 5,300-m-high volcano in the Bolivian Andes. Sublimation and wind erosion give ice this ghostly appearance. Some were almost as tall as the photographer (5' 7"). They were somewhere in her favorite playground, not too far away from the Licancabur volcano. Credit: High Lakes Project/The SETI Institute Carl Sagan Center/Nathalie A. Cabrol

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NASA’s Europa Clipper Mission will study Jupiter's icy satellite, although the spacecraft will not arrive until 2030. Meanwhile, scientists, journalists, and streamers congregated in Florida, excited for the mission's October launch atop a Falcon Heavy rocket. On 14 October at 12:06 p.m. EDT, the spacecraft lifted off from Kennedy Space Center and successfully deployed the enormous solar arrays that power the mission.

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https://www.seti.org/seti-institute-researchers-engage-worlds-first-real-time-ai-search-fast-radio-bursts

This summer, scientists supercharged their tools in the hunt for signs of life beyond Earth. Researchers at the SETI Institute became the first to apply AI to the real-time direct detection of faint radio signals from space. Their advances in radio astronomy are available for any field that applies accelerated computing and AI.

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#PPOD: Here is JWST's look at Westerlund 1, one of the closest clusters of its kind. Super star clusters are young and contain more than 10,000 times the mass of the Sun packed into a small volume. Westerlund 1 is the most massive yet identified in our galaxy, with 50,000 to 100,000 times the mass of the Sun contained within a region less than six light-years across. Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, M. Zamani (ESA/Webb), M. G. Guarcello (INAF-OAPA) and the EWOCS team

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#PPOD: Saturn's tiny (8-kilometer) shepherd moon Daphnis travels inside the Keeler Gap in the A ring. The Cassini Imaging Team processed this view from pictures taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on February 6, 2017. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI/J. Major

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#PPOD: Here is a little surprise rock from Mars (another one!). NASA's Perseverance rover made this latest discovery in the Jezero crater, and we cannot wait to hear the analysis results. This rock does not look like anything we have ever encountered on Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

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A SETI Institute expedition flag was flown at the Haughton-Mars Project (HMP) base camp on Devon Island, High Arctic, at 75° 26'N, 89° 52'W, for an entire year, from Aug 7, 2023 to Aug 7, 2024. The HMP is led by SETI Institute PI Dr Pascal Lee. Devon Island is the largest uninhabited island on Earth. A.k.a 'Mars On Earth', it is the largest single expanse of frigid rocky polar desert on our planet. Learn more: https://www.nasa.gov/mission/Haughton-Mars-Project-HMP

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#PPOD: This stunning photograph captures the most violent moment during an eruption of the Calbuco volcano in Chile. Volcanic lightning occurs in the plumes of eruptions when volcanic ash particles collide, generating static electricity. Additionally, water vapor in the plume condenses and freezes as it rises, adding ice to the mix. And voila! The eventual electrical discharge causes lightning. Credit: Francisco Negroni, https://www.francisconegroni.com/index

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Next #SETILive: Finally! An Intermediate-Mass Black Hole
TODAY, 5 September, 10:00 AM PDT

A new paper identifies the first-ever mid-size sedan in a universe of compact cars and SUVs. This black hole resides in the center of the Omega Centauri star cluster, which is thought to be the core of a galaxy that merged with the Milky Way billions of years ago. Deputy Director of the Carl Sagan Center Simon Steel chats with lead author Maximilian Häberle.

WATCH LIVE: https://youtube.com/live/5oczyoSQgps

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#PPOD: Taken on an island in the Maldives, this stunning photograph shows the beautiful Milky Way over a night-time shoreline highlighted by vibrant bioluminescence in the water. Also visible is the star cluster Omega Centauri, toward the left, and the famous Southern Cross asterism in the center. Red-glowing nebulas include the bright Carina Nebula, just right of center, and the expansive Gum Nebula on the upper right. Credit: Petr Horálek / Institute of Physics in Opava

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Could there be intelligent life elsewhere in the Galaxy? We talk about the SETI Institute’s COSMIC project, which will use one of the world’s largest radio telescopes 24/7 to search the skies for alien transmissions. We’re “Calling All Aliens” on Big Picture Science.

Listen here: https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/calling-all-aliens

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#PPOD: This breathtaking image reminds us how beautiful science, exploration, and discovery can be. The Space Shuttle Endeavour is backdropped over the Tasman Sea and Golden Bay of New Zealand’s South Island as it approaches the International Space Station during STS-113 rendezvous and docking operations. The Port One (P1) truss, which was later to be attached to the station and outfitted during three spacewalks, can be seen in Endeavour’s cargo bay. Credit: NASA

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#PPOD: Sometimes, it's enough to share a gorgeous image of Jupiter. This one was taken by the JunoCam onboard NASA's Juno spacecraft during perijove 18 in 2019. The famous Great Red Spot, a storm observed for over 100 years, has been shrinking, possibly due to a lack of nearby storms to power it. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/ @kevinmgill

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Scientists may have discovered an alphabet in whale calls. Does it follow that whales have language? We only know of one species that evolved with an impressive gift for gab, but is speech a unique human superpower? It’s “Animal Alphabets” on Big Picture Science.

Listen here: https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/animal-alphabets

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#PPOD: NASA's Curiosity rover ran over a rock and found crystals inside! They're pure sulfur. Elemental sulfur is something we’ve never seen before on Mars. We don't know much about these yellow crystals yet, but the team is already at work to figure it out! Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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#PPOD: in 1965, Mariner 4 captured the first photos of Mars from space using a "real-time data translator" machine to convert digital image data into numbers. Employees at NASA hand-colored the numbers on paper strips to create the first image of Mars, revealing lunar-type craters on a desert-like surface. Credit: NASA/JPL/Dan Goods

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#PPOD: Enjoy one of the greatest images ever taken by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity, from very early in her exploration of Yellowknife Bay at Gale Crater. The rover is now far away from this location, conquering the summit of Mount Sharp. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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#PPOD: NASA's Perseverance rover stumbled into this very cool rock at Jezero crater. Hopefully, the instrument analysis will tell us more soon. Some mineralization and cementation are visible, in what look to be cycles in lake sediment deposition. As for what almost looks like micro-prisms, they could possibly be an ancient network of desiccation cracks. Share your thoughts in the comments! Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/S Atkinson

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#PPOD: The Apollo 11 landing site is pictured here with the lunar module descent stage casting a shadow toward Little West crater, as imaged with the Orbiter High-Resolution Camera on India's Chandrayaan-2 from an altitude of 100 km on April 2, 2021. Credit: ISRO / Chandrayaan-2 / OHRC / JPMajor

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