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Photo reveals Star Trek-like Human-posing Extraterrestrials who visited U.S. capital in 1957

Thu, 22 Mar 2007 02:33:58 GMT

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Photo reveals Star Trek-like Human-posing Extraterrestrials who visited U.S. capital in 1957

by David Stein

"Exoscience", as the study of Extraterrestrials reveals that certain elements of the science fiction series Star Trek, may have been inspired by actual cosmic awareness by its creators. The most notable similarity seems to be that a "Galactic Federation" of ethical planetary civilizations according to representation by contactees and researchers does exist, that is governed by "constitutionalism” including the rights of sentient beings, and social justice. This apparent Galactic Federation like “the Federation” in Star Trek appears to be governed by a ‘prime directive’ when dealing with civilizations outside of a “voluntary association of ethical planetary civilizations”.

"Jill", "Donn", and "Valiant Thor" were documented human-posing Extraterrestrials which landed on alien spacecraft in U.S. capital.

Tags: alien, space, rodenberry, et

What's Really out There?

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 04:02:31 GMT

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Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

Out There

Three days after learning that he won the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics, George Smoot was talking about the universe. Sitting across from him in his office at the University of California, Berkeley, was Saul Perlmutter, a fellow cosmologist and a probable future Nobelist in Physics himself. Bearded, booming, eyes pinwheeling from adrenaline and lack of sleep, Smoot leaned back in his chair. Perlmutter, onetime acolyte, longtime colleague, now heir apparent, leaned forward in his.

“Time and time again,” Smoot shouted, “the universe has turned out to be really simple.”

Perlmutter nodded eagerly. “It’s like, why are we able to understand the universe at our level?”

“Right. Exactly. It’s a universe for beginners! ‘The Universe for Dummies’!”

Tags: space, universe, dark matter, life, cosmos

What are the chances of aliens sniffing us out?

Tue, 24 Oct 2006 20:34:43 GMT

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Clip Source: www.newscientistspace.com

What are the chances of aliens sniffing us out?

12:05 24 October 2006
NewScientist.com news service
Jeff Hecht

Beaming signals into space to find ET could potentially be risky for Earth and its inhabitants. So researchers are developing a Richter-like scale to assess the chance that extraterrestrials could detect – and potentially react to – such signals.

Decades of passively monitoring microwave frequencies have failed to find any evidence of signals from extraterrestrial civilisations. Frustrated by the long silence, some researchers want to start transmitting signals towards nearby stars with possible habitable planets in a plan called "active SETI".

However, others warn that this would be the equivalent of "shouting in the jungle", and that it is better to keep quiet for the time being. "Concerns range from worries about potential existential danger all the way to a desire for consensus about what should be said in such messages," says astrophysicist and science fiction writer David Brin, a leading voice of caution on an International Academy of Astronautics committee considering the issue.

To give the debate a "modest analytical basis", Iván Almár of Konkoly Observatory in Hungary and Paul Shuch of the SETI League in Little Ferry, New Jersey, US, have written a study proposing a way to rate the chance that aliens might detect terrestrial signals.

Called the San Marino Scale because it was first proposed in Europe's tiny Republic of San Marino, it rates the chance of a detection from 1 to 10 based on the strength and type of the transmission. The scale is split into two halves, each worth between 1 and 5. One part is based on signal intensity (compared to solar noise), the is other based on the type of signal.

Decades of monitoring the skies for signals from extraterrestrial life have turned up nothing (Image: NAIC/Arecibo Observatory/NSF)

Tags: aliens, e, seti, radio waves, space, astronomy

Russian Refuses to Accept Math Prize

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 14:58:29 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I don't think the world realizes how valuable this proof really is yet. A million bucks is just chump change.

Clip Source: abcnews.go.com

MADRID, Spain Aug 22, 2006 (AP)— A reclusive Russian won an academic prize Tuesday for work toward solving one of history's toughest math problems, but he refused to accept the award a stunning renunciation of accolades from the top minds in his field.

By DANIEL WOOLLS

Grigory Perelman, a 40-year-old native of St. Petersburg, was praised for work in the field known as topology, which studies shapes, and for a breakthrough that might help scientists figure out nothing less than the shape of the universe.

But besides shunning the medal, academic colleagues say he also seems uninterested in a separate, $1 million prize he might be awarded for his feat, which proved a theorem about the nature of multidimensional space that has stumped people for 100 years.

The Fields Medal was announced at the International Congress of Mathematicians, an event held every four years, this time in Madrid.

Tags: math, russian, perelman, st petersburg, topology

Relationship between the universe and our brains?

Wed, 16 Aug 2006 16:34:23 GMT

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Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

Tags: neuroolgy, space, universe, micrometer, evolution, connections, astronomy

String Theory Web Site

Thu, 13 Jul 2006 03:10:02 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Gravity, relativity, theoretical physics, particles, quantum, black holes and more... Both "basic" and "advanced" explanations. Exploring the source site is highly recommended.

Clip Source: superstringtheory.com

It's the 21st century! Time to feed your mind
Basics So what is string theory? For that matter, what the heck are elementary particles? If this all sounds totally confusing, try this section first.
Experiment What progress are physicists making towards experimental tests of string theory predictions?	Mathematics What kinds of math do string theorists use and why? And how has string theory changed mathematics?
Black Holes Personal safety issues aside, when black holes are tied up in strings, they get even more interesting.	Cosmology Was there a String Bang before the Big Bang, or did the Universe simply unwind?
History Find out how string theory outlasted the Vietnam War, Mrs. Thatcher and grunge music, in our Timeline section	People So who are the people who work on string theory? Check them out in our People section.
Links Send us email! Sign our guestbook! Here are a few links to our sympathizers, co-marketers and even the competition.	Theatre Now playing in the String Theatre: a Real Audio physics colloquium by Prof. John Schwarz.
Bookstore Looking for books on string theory or other topics in modern theoretical physics?	Forum Discuss string theory and the legacy of Albert Einstein in our community forum.

Tags: string theory, theoretical physics, science

Feeling romantic? Send a love letter -- into space

Thu, 06 Jul 2006 15:49:24 GMT

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Clip Source: www.physorg.com

Feeling romantic? Send a love letter -- into space

Once upon a time it was a letter in a bottle. Now a Japanese company is offering the chance to buy a personal satellite to launch a love letter or personal treasures into space.

For a mere 100 million yen (880,000 dollars), you can now buy a small satellite to orbit the earth at an altitude of about 600-800 kilometers (372-496 miles), said Astro Research Corp., a space development company.

"Until now, a satellite was something ordinary people could not afford to buy," company executive Ichiro Koike told a press conference Thursday.

"But space has always been mysterious and pure. That is why people feel romantic about it," he said, suggesting a husband might send a love letter into space in the capsule instead of buying expensive jewelry.

The 20 kilogram (44 pounds) satellite contains a smaller cubic box made of aluminum alloy to protect the personal objects -- until the satellite falls and burns out in the atmosphere after about 20 or 30 years in orbit.

Tags: love letter, space love letters, japan, letters in space, satellite

Blogs In Space

Thu, 06 Jul 2006 16:37:36 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Site Link

Clip Source: www.bloginspace.com

Don't miss out on your chance to be heard. Click here to send a one-time message into space.

BloginSpace.com Messages FollowAtlas V Launch Into Deep Space
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla NASA's Atlas V exploration of the martian atmosphere carried MindComet's BloginSpace.com in its coattails as they rocketed out of the Earth's atmosphere. Unlike Atlas V headed to Mars, bloggers from over 73 countries are attempting to communicate with alien life via messages broadcasting into deep space destination unknown.

Tags: blogs, blogging, bloggers, space transmission, astronomy, universe

The Spacetime Wheel

Sun, 05 Feb 2006 04:24:44 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Interesting visuals.

Clip Source: casa.colorado.edu

The Spacetime Wheel

Wheel

This is a wheel.

Each successive image in the movie is rotated by a small amount compared to the previous image.

As the wheel rotates, the coordinates (x, y) of a point on the wheel relative to its centre change, but the distance r between the point and the centre remains constant

r² = x² + y² = constant .

More generally, the coordinates (x, y, z) of the interval between any two points in 3-dimensional space (a vector) change when the coordinate system is rotated in 3 dimensions, but the separation r of the two points remains constant

r² = x² + y² + z² = constant .

Tags: space time, space time wheel, visualization, physics, quantum theory