Seen from space, the damage at the Arecibo Observatory does not look so bad. Image: Planet Labs The iconic Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico was damaged last week when a large cable fell on the radio telescope’s main reflector dish. We are now learn more about this unfortunate incident, inclusive …
Read More »The iconic Arecibo telescope is silent after major damage
Monday morning early, a cable hung over the Arecibo Telescope in Puerto Rico broke and left a 100-foot-long hole in the dish of the iconic radio telescope. The 3-inch-diameter cable also caused damage to the panels of the Gregorian dome that hung hundreds of feet above the dish and contained …
Read More »NASA asks alien hunting institute to make sure aliens don’t pollute Earth
NASA has asked the Seti Institute to ensure that extraterrestrial life does not pollute Earth. The Seti, which means “search for extraterrestrial intelligence”, focuses mainly on discovering life in other parts of the universe. But the new contract asks him to make sure it doesn’t spread anywhere else, tasked with …
Read More »NASA now has alien robot explorers who only call home when they’ve hit the jackpot.
Space probes must gain artificial intelligence and autonomy while conducting an alien search … [+] life in the solar system. Getty Space probes send too much data. In fact, scientific instruments that study the geochemistry of planetary bodies, and search for extraterrestrial life, generate increasing amounts of data. It is …
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