by Sandy Eulitt | Aug 21, 2015 | Extrasolar Planets, Life in the Universe, San Diego Astronomy, Telescopes and Missions, The Sky Tonight
Search for ET enabled by Dr. Seth Shostak I have long admired Dr. Shostak. To get to do the kind of work he does would be, I think, just about the most fun you could ever have. I had the pleasure of meeting Seth in July, 2009 as part of the Southern California...
by Sandy Eulitt | Jun 4, 2015 | Extrasolar Planets, Life in the Universe
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/06/150601172834.htm I wonder if this will prompt Seth Shostak, of the SETI Institute and whom I have met, to release a new edition of his book, “Life in the Universe.” It was the text for my class of the same name...
by Sandy Eulitt | Jul 29, 2013 | Extrasolar Planets, Space News
The wildly successful Kepler mission, launched in 2009 and which, to date, has found nearly 3000 extrasolar planet candidates, suffered the loss of a second reaction wheel this past spring. Beginning a couple weeks ago, engineers, working very closely with Ball...
by Sandy Eulitt | Feb 22, 2012 | Extrasolar Planets, Space News
Hubble Space Telescope has possibly located the first extrasolar planet with water on it, providing new clues in the search for Earth-like planets, and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. Observations by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have come up with...