Physical Science
By: Imonikhe Ahimie
The Allen Telescope Array, ATA, formerly known as the One Hectare Telescope, is a collaborative effort between the SETI Institute, a not for profit organisation dedicated to the advancement of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, SETI, and the Radio Astronomy Laboratory at the University...
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A look at SETI's experiments with radios
By: Christopher Gryniewicz
A mention of the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence conjures up a vision in the minds of most people of a man in a tin foil hat designed to block out the invasive broadcasts of other worlds. Although, the SETI program takes things a bit more...
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How is the Allen Telescope Array used for space surveillance?
By: Perry McCarney
We could be forgiven mistaking the Allen Telescope Array for the "Alien Telescope Array" at first glance. Much of the work it does and will do is related to the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) after all. But the Allen Telescope Array or ATA...
By: Meghan Rizzo
For millennia the human race has expressed a fascination with otherworldly entities. Cave paintings and sculptures dated thousands of years old depict peculiar creatures and disc-shaped flying machines. Works of art of the Common Era, particularly religious paintings from the Renaissance, exhibit similar images. Some...
By: Alison Bowler
Lead Symbol: Pb Atomic Number: 82 Atomic Mass: 207.2 amu (atomic mass units) Melting Point: 327.5 C (600.65 K, 621.5 F) Boiling Point: 1740.0 C (2013.15 K, 3164.0 F) Number of Protons/Electrons: 82 Number of Neutrons: 125 Classification:...
By: Alison Bowler
Iron Symbol: Fe Atomic Number: 26 Atomic Mass: 55.845 amu (atomic mass units) Melting Point: 1535.0 C (1808.15 K, 2795.0 F) Boiling Point: 2750.0 C (3023.15 K, 4982.0 F) Number of Protons: 26 Number of Electrons: 26 Number...
By: Alison Bowler
Copper Symbol: Cu Atomic Number: 29 Atomic Mass: 63.546 amu (atomic mass units) Melting Point: 1083.0 C (1356.15 K, 1981.4 F) Boiling Point: 2567.0 C (2840.15 K, 4652.6 F) Number of Protons: 29 Number of Electrons: 29 Number...
By: Imonikhe Ahimie
An interstellar message is one which seeks to contact putative communicating intelligences outside the solar system. The concept is based on the notion that in a universe as large as the one we inhabit, there ought to be other communicating intelligences apart from us...
The history of the [email protected] program
By: Christopher Gryniewicz
In Douglas Adams' book "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" they built 'Deep Thought' - a supercomputer designed for one purpose and one purpose only - to find the answer to the great question of life the universe and everything. Perhaps the SETI program's intent...
By: Alison Bowler
Gold Symbol: Au Atomic Number: 79 Atomic Mass: 196.96655 amu (atomic mass units) Melting Point: 1064.43 C (1337.5801 K, 1947.9741 F) Boiling Point: 2807.0 C (3080.15 K, 5084.6 F) Number of Protons: 79 Number of Electrons: 79 Number...
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