Exobiology

Astronomy or Astrophysics?

Bellaonline.com (Free subscription) | 22/09/2008

Astronomy or astrology? Astrobiology or exobiology? Many astronomy terms are similar, causing confusion � what are the differences between these common terms?

SETI @ Google

The Streeb-Greebling Diaries (Free subscription) | 13/08/2008

Seth Shostak talks about the current and future prospects for finding signals from intelligent extra-terrestrials.

Aliens R Us

Achenblog (Free subscription) | 31/07/2008

[Goin' fishin'...Why is it so hard to get out of town? (One problem is that, in my case, "herding cats" isn't just a metaphor.)] [Here's a guest kit from Nick Mott, a young journalist working at National Geographic.] By Nick Mott The scientific search for extra-terrestrial life has taken a Hollywood twist. Just like some of my favorite episodes of The Twilight Zone and The Outer Limits, it turns out...

Astronomy trek to the Arena for space talks

Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 16/06/2008

in the Road Map to the Stars symposium at the Echo Arena include proposed missions to Mars and the investigations into the likelihood of extra-terrestrial life. Other projects being considered are missions to Saturn’s satellites, Titan and Enceladus, and Jupiter’s satellite, Europa, plus ground-based projects such as Europe’s extremely large telescope and the square kilometre array radio telescope....

Capital of Culture: Astronomy trek to the Arena for space talks

Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 16/06/2008

in the Road Map to the Stars symposium at the Echo Arena include proposed missions to Mars and the investigations into the likelihood of extra-terrestrial life. Other projects being considered are missions to Saturn’s satellites, Titan and Enceladus, and Jupiter’s satellite, Europa, plus ground-based projects such as Europe’s extremely large telescope and the square kilometre array radio telescope....

Doritos makes history with world's first extra terrestrial advert

YubaNet.com (Free subscription) | 13/06/2008

Today Doritos makes history, taking the UK's first step in communicating with aliens as they broadcast the first ever advert directed towards potential extra terrestrial life. The University of Leicester has played a key part in the success of the project.

• Doritos makes history with world's first extraterrestrial advert - Physorg
• Crisp advert beamed to aliens in outer space - Daily Express
• See the 4 articles on the same subject

Crisp ad beamed to aliens

Daily Star (Free subscription) | 12/06/2008

AN ADVERT targeted at aliens was beamed into outer space today, in a bid to communicate with extra-terrestrial life.

LOFAR In The Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI)

Technology News (Free subscription) | 11/06/2008

ASTRON will welcome about 25 researchers from around the world to a workshop held in Dwingeloo this week focusing on the potential role of LOFAR in the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI). The workshop is organised by Professor Michael Garrett, General Director of ASTRON and professor of radio techniques in astronomy at Leiden University. During the workshop, the researchers will discuss...

• LOFAR telescope used in search for extraterrestrial life? - Space Ref

Crop Circle Mystery Finally Solved

Remove the Labels (Free subscription) | 30/05/2008

Ah, crop circles, fodder for skeptics and believers in extra terrestrial life alike. Depending on who you ask you will get a different answer as to how crop circles are made or formed. While there have been a few pranksters caught in the past, they certainly can’t be behind all of the crop circles on [...]

• Crop Circle Mystery Finally Solved - The UberReview

Why Life On Mars May Foretell Our Doom

TechBlogger (Free subscription) | 30/04/2008

Hugh Pickens writes “Nick Bostrom has an interesting interpretation on why the failure of the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) for the past half-century is good news and why the discovery of life on Mars could foretell our doom. Bostrom postulates a ‘Great Filter,’ which can be thought of as a probability barrier and consists [...]

• Why Life On Mars May Foretell Our Doom - CentOS, Linux and Operating Systems

Egypt announces new archaeological discovery in Luxor's Valley of Kings

Archaeonews (Free subscription) | 12/04/2008

Egypt announced Thursday 10.04.2008 the discovery of a quartzite Ushabti figure and the cartouche of King Seti I, second king of the 19th Dynasty (1314-1304 BC).They were found inside the corridor of the tomb of Seti I (KV 17) in the Valley of the Kings on Luxor's west bank. The discovery was made by the first ever Egyptian mission working in the Valley of the Kings, after being monopolized for

“Live Long and Prosper….Hello…Anyone there?”

[Geeks are Sexy] technology news (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008

By Mark O’Neill There’s an interesting discussion over at Universe Today about whether we would be told by governments if aliens were to contact us via SETI (Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence). Maybe I’ve watched too many science-fiction movies but I’ve always had the impression that if an alien race were to pop in for a chat, we [...]

Little Kitten - Seriously SETI!

http://podblack.wordpress.com/feed/ (Free subscription) | 02/04/2008

I love SETI. I still allow my computers to merrily search for extra-terrestrials (or any useful items they might pick up whilst crunching away during down-time) after installing the program a few years back. It might not be Ellie of Contact, but eh. Does its part. And here’s a great video, just released! Is anyone out [...]

Google Facts. All the truth about Google :)

BwT (Free subscription) | 23/03/2008

:) Google Facts. All the truth about Google :) * God created the Google algorithm on the 8th day. * Google searches for anything anywhere. It knows what you eat and what you shit. * NASA have not found extra-terrestrial life because they were not smart enough to use Google * When Serge Brin and...

'I've seen UFOs three times' claims Robbie

This is London (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008

Robbie Williams claims he has seen UFOs three times and plans to study alien and extra-terrestrial lifeforms once he quits pop music.