SETI public: New Telescope is Upside-Down at the Bottom of the Sea

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New Telescope is Upside-Down at the Bottom of the Sea

http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/antares_030319.html

Construction got serious this week on a newfangled telescope that wafts in the currents near the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea and points downward.

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Science/Astronomy:

* Star Light, Star Bright, Do Your Planets Have Oxygen Tonight?
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astrobio_color_030318.html

Breathe deeply, and thank the nearest tree, bush, or blade of grass. The Earth receives most of its oxygen from photosynthetic activity.

* Moon Mechanics: What Really Makes Our World Go 'Round
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/moon_mechanics_0303018.html

A billion years ago, the Moon was much closer to Earth than it will be tonight. Its tighter orbit meant it needed just 20 days to go around us, to make a lunar month.

* Detailed Measures Taken of Closest Star System, Alpha Centauri
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/alpha_centauri_030317.html

Measuring the size of objects in space is so difficult that until late astronomers were uncertain of the precision of their estimates of the how large, or small, the stars closest to Earth were.

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* Jupiter & Saturn are Easy, Enjoyable Targets into April
http://www.space.com/spacewatch/jupiter_saturn_030314.html

* Exploring Everything: An Astrobiologist's Life
http://www.space.com/searchforlife/seti_astrobiologist_030313.html

* Dark Spot on Jupiter Bigger than Famed Great Red Spot
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/dark_spot_030313.html

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* First Moonwalker Neil Armstrong to Work With Biographer
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/fl_armstrong_030311.html

He was the first man to set foot on another world and, after that, we hardly heard from him.

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