SETI


Carbon Dioxide Detected on Faraway World -- Robert Roy Britt  -- Space.com  -- November 23, 2008
SETI

Carbon dioxide, a potential fingerprint of life, has been discovered for the first time in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting another star.

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Scientist Develops Program to Understand Alien Languages -- Richard Alleyne  -- The Telegraph  -- October 15, 2008
SETI

A computer programme which could help identify and even translate messages from aliens in outer space has been developed by a British scientist. Dr John Elliott's program would compare an alien language to a database of 60 different languages in the world to search see if it has a similar structure.

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ET could 'Tickle' Stars to Create Galactic Internet -- Marcus Chown  -- New Scientist  -- September 8, 2008
Metacomputing

Advanced extraterrestrial civilisations may be sending signals through space by "tickling" stars, new research suggests. The signalling would be the galactic equivalent of the internet.

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First Space Ad Targets Hungry Aliens -- Colin Barras  -- New Scientist  -- June 12, 2008
SETI

An American snack-food company is beaming a commercial message towards a distant solar system. The publicity stunt is providing much needed funds to EISCAT European space station on the Norwegian island of Svalbard.

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The Dread Planet -- Nick Bostrom  -- Boston Globe  -- May 25, 2008
SETI

Nick Bostrom uses the "Doomsday Argument" to explain why finding lie on Mars would be a bad indicator of the future of humanity.

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Intelligence: A Rare Cosmic Commodity -- John D. Ruley  -- Space.com  -- April 10, 2008
SETI

Advanced ground and space-based telescopes are discovering new planets around other stars almost daily, but an environmental scientist from England believes that even if some of those planets turn out to be Earth-like, the odds are very low they'll have intelligent inhabitants.

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New evidence for extragalactic life-forming matter -- David Shiga  -- New Scientist  -- November 13, 2007
SETI

Tantalising traces of the building blocks of life have been spotted in nearby galaxies. However, working out the identity of these carbon-containing molecules, and when they became abundant, is proving tricky, say astronomers.

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Time capsule to be beamed from Mexican pyramid -- Staff  -- News.com  -- October 10, 2006
SETI

Mexico's Teotihuacan, once the center of a sprawling pre-Hispanic empire, is set to become the launch pad for an attempt to communicate with extraterrestrial life. Starting on Tuesday, enthusiasts from around the world will have a chance to submit text, images, video and sounds that reflect human nature to be included in the message.

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Looking for alien lasers, not radios -- Staff  -- New Scientist  -- April 11, 2006
SETI

For almost 50 years, SETI researchers have concentrated on detecting radio signals. However, researchers have come to think alien civilisations could also plausibly use laser light to communicate and have begun Optical SETI programs to detect these communications.

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Grammar Revealed in a Whale’s Love Song -- Bjorn Carey  -- MSNBC  -- March 22, 2006
SETI

To the casual human listener, the love song of a humpback whale sounds magnificently free-flowing and improvised. But fresh mathematical analysis of the song shows there are complex grammatical rules. Using syntax, the whales combine sounds into phrases, which they further weave into hours-long melodies packed with information.

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