SETI public: SETI and Astrobiology

Science/Astronomy:

* SETI and Astrobiology

http://www.space.com/searchforlife/seti_astrobiology_030529.html

On any dark clear night, it's easy to gaze at the thousands of visible stars and imagine that there are other worlds orbiting those distant suns, and, perhaps, life on those other worlds.

* Astronotes: Rosetta Comet Mission Finds a Target
http://www.space.com/astronotes/astronotes.html

The European Space Agency's (ESA) delayed Rosetta mission to a comet is back on track.

* New Clues to Nature's Greatest Explosions
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/aas202_gamma_030528.html

For decades researchers have searched for the cause of incredible explosions from deep space called gamma ray bursts. Investigations into two such recent events have managed to rule out one theoretical model and provide support for another, while also hinting at the mechanism behind the bursts.

* Europa Diary 3: Living on Polar Bear Time
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astrobio_europaD3_030528.html

Part three of a four-part series: The Europa Focus Group is a collaboration of scientists who study Jupiter's moon, Europa.

* Image of the Day: Soaring into the Martian Clouds
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/image_of_day_030529.html

In this photo, taken by NASA's Mars Global Surveyor and released earlier this month, clouds surround several of Mars' towering volcanoes.

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Spaceflight:

* SIMONE: Europe's Plan to Explore Near Earth Objects
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/simone_esa_030528.html

A handful of small, asteroid-bound satellites could one day help protect our planet from space rocks careless enough to cross paths with Earth as they wander through the Solar System.

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Recent Headlines:

* Supernova Factory Discovered Where Galaxies Collide
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/aas202_supernova_030527.html

* Fat or Thin: What's in Your Galaxy?
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/fat_thin_030527.html

* Mystery Object is Student's Discovery of a Lifetime
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/aas202_cohen_030527.html

* NASA Delays First Mars Rover Launch at Least Three Days
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/mer_update_030527.html

* Rough Soyuz Landing Blamed on Malfunction
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/exp6_soyuz_030526.html

* Strangest Star Known is the 'Talk of Astronomy'
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/aas202_strangest_030526.html

* Complete Coverage: 202nd Meeting of the American Astronomical Society
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/202aas2003.html

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