The Sky IS Falling II (previous topic locked)

[calendria]

 

 

I'm reposting this from last year and adding a great article about our consumer involvement in the search for alien life/outer space beings etc.  very nicely done!

Astronomers no longer need your personal computers to search for alien life!   

A research project that lets the public participate in the search for intelligent alien life is coming to an end after 21 years. That's because the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence at Home (SETI@home) project has collected a massive amount of data over the last two decades — and now it's time to get to work analyzing it. Founded in May 1999 by researchers at UC Berkeley, the project used radio telescopes to identify potential radio signals from space. Processing those transmissions required huge amounts of computing power, so millions of volunteers downloaded the SETI@home software on their personal computers, each taking on small chunks of data, working together like a supercomputer.

https://mashable.com/article/seti-at-home-shuts-down-aliens/

The millions of people who, over the past two decades, donated their home computers' processing power to the SETI@home search for extraterrestrial intelligence no longer need concern themselves with such matters. The project, which launched in 1999 with the goal of using the world's idle computing power to analyze scientific data and maybe find signs of alien life, will officially stop sending out work requests on March 31.


https://ktla.com/news/california/uc-berkeley-project-that-crowdsourced-search-for-alien-life-will-end-after-2-decades-scientists-to-study-results/

Scientists are looking for narrow-bandwidth radio signals from space that are not known to exist in nature.


My original thread included this:
India used an indigenously developed ballistic missile interceptor to destroy one of its own satellites at a height of 300 km (186 miles), in a test aimed at boosting its defenses in space.   India's top defense scientist said the debris would burn up in 45 days.

In 2007, China destroyed a satellite in a polar orbit, creating the largest orbital debris cloud in history, with more than 3,000 objects, according to the Secure World Foundation. Since the impact altitude exceeded 800 km (500 miles), many of the resulting scraps stayed in orbit.


"We will continue to closely monitor the remaining debris from India's ASAT test to ensure the safety of assets on-orbit and human spaceflight activities such as the International Space Station," said Garrett Marquis, a National Security Council spokesman.

Marquis said the United States remained committed to working with all nations to "mitigate the operational effects of orbital debris."

"As part of our strategic partnership, the United States will continue close engagements with India on shared interests in space," he added, listing areas that included "safety and security" as well as human space exploration.

[Drutts0643]

Yes there is other life.

https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/questions/what-are-angels/

[JediJohnnie]

Yes there is other life.

https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/questions/what-are-angels/

I wouldn't put any stock in what the Watchtower teaches about anything, given they deny the essential truths of the bible.

[calendria]

 

 

Here's yet another government program investigating alien, Ufo and other extraterrestrial life.

Read entire article here: 

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2017/12/pentagon-ufos-search-extraterrestrial-intelligence-life-space-science/#close

PUBLISHED December 19, 2017

A recently revealed, formerly secret U.S. government program that studied unexplained aerial phenomena—more colloquially referred to as UFOs—came as a surprise to many when stories describing it appeared almost simultaneously in the New York Times and Politico.
The Pentagon’s project, called the Advanced Aviation Threat Identification Program, was reportedly established in 2007 to investigate unexplained aerial phenomena that appeared to be using novel propulsive, hovering, or otherwise advanced technologies. A 490-page report detailing the program’s findings supposedly exists, though it has not yet been released.
Some may think that the very existence of this project supports the idea that aliens are visiting us, but that’s not a logical conclusion. The undeniable truth is that observations of a puzzling nature certainly merit investigation, as long as it’s done scientifically. And this project is not even close to the first U.S. government-funded search for evidence of advanced intelligence—so far, to little effect.
Projects that began more than five decades ago and still continue to this day include efforts to evaluate bizarre sightings and exotic objects, scan the skies for signs of intelligent transmissions, and develop instruments capable of sniffing out signs of life on faraway worlds.
The fact that the government chose to spend some cash on a supposedly scientific look at UFOs—particularly as they could be crucially related to national security threats—really should be no surprise, says Seth Shostak, one of the SETI Institute’s senior alien hunters.

[Donnamarg323]

 

Here's yet another government program investigating alien, Ufo and other extraterrestrial life.

Read entire article here: 

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2017/12/pentagon-ufos-search-extraterrestrial-intelligence-life-space-science/#close

PUBLISHED December 19, 2017

A recently revealed, formerly secret U.S. government program that studied unexplained aerial phenomena—more colloquially referred to as UFOs—came as a surprise to many when stories describing it appeared almost simultaneously in the New York Times and Politico.
The Pentagon’s project, called the Advanced Aviation Threat Identification Program, was reportedly established in 2007 to investigate unexplained aerial phenomena that appeared to be using novel propulsive, hovering, or otherwise advanced technologies. A 490-page report detailing the program’s findings supposedly exists, though it has not yet been released.
Some may think that the very existence of this project supports the idea that aliens are visiting us, but that’s not a logical conclusion. The undeniable truth is that observations of a puzzling nature certainly merit investigation, as long as it’s done scientifically. And this project is not even close to the first U.S. government-funded search for evidence of advanced intelligence—so far, to little effect.
Projects that began more than five decades ago and still continue to this day include efforts to evaluate bizarre sightings and exotic objects, scan the skies for signs of intelligent transmissions, and develop instruments capable of sniffing out signs of life on faraway worlds.
The fact that the government chose to spend some cash on a supposedly scientific look at UFOs—particularly as they could be crucially related to national security threats—really should be no surprise, says Seth Shostak, one of the SETI Institute’s senior alien hunters.

Well do us all a favor.When you meet one of these green martians,ask him where we can get some toilet paper

[gaylasue]

There are enough creatures on this planet to worry about than trying to find more on other planets or in other galaxies.

[Drutts0643]

 

Here's yet another government program investigating alien, Ufo and other extraterrestrial life.

Read entire article here: 

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2017/12/pentagon-ufos-search-extraterrestrial-intelligence-life-space-science/#close

PUBLISHED December 19, 2017

A recently revealed, formerly secret U.S. government program that studied unexplained aerial phenomena—more colloquially referred to as UFOs—came as a surprise to many when stories describing it appeared almost simultaneously in the New York Times and Politico.
The Pentagon’s project, called the Advanced Aviation Threat Identification Program, was reportedly established in 2007 to investigate unexplained aerial phenomena that appeared to be using novel propulsive, hovering, or otherwise advanced technologies. A 490-page report detailing the program’s findings supposedly exists, though it has not yet been released.
Some may think that the very existence of this project supports the idea that aliens are visiting us, but that’s not a logical conclusion. The undeniable truth is that observations of a puzzling nature certainly merit investigation, as long as it’s done scientifically. And this project is not even close to the first U.S. government-funded search for evidence of advanced intelligence—so far, to little effect.
Projects that began more than five decades ago and still continue to this day include efforts to evaluate bizarre sightings and exotic objects, scan the skies for signs of intelligent transmissions, and develop instruments capable of sniffing out signs of life on faraway worlds.
The fact that the government chose to spend some cash on a supposedly scientific look at UFOs—particularly as they could be crucially related to national security threats—really should be no surprise, says Seth Shostak, one of the SETI Institute’s senior alien hunters.

Well do us all a favor.When you meet one of these green martians,ask him where we can get some toilet paper
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[teresa3200]

Interesting, I have no doubt there is alien life out there.

[Drutts0643]

There are enough creatures on this planet to worry about than trying to find more on other planets or in other galaxies.

I know exactly what u mean and i know you arent just refering to the animal kingdom.

Many ways sad,but from Gods perspective it will be short lived.

[JediJohnnie]

I don't doubt there is "life" on other planets- mold, bacteria, some sort of fungi that would be considered "Life." Intelligent Life? That's another story.....

[Mizzkizz7]

I firmly believe there are Alien life out here, and life on other planets.

[Donnamarg323]

We refer to the bible for answers,not a blind guessing game.

https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/101990244

[mardukblood2009]

This aliens stuff use to be cool but now it is just oversaturated and is getting really ridiculous. Like everything anymore, there is just too much of it.

[calendria]

 

 

 

A dead Soviet satellite and a discarded Chinese rocket body are speeding toward each other in space and could crash catastrophically on Thursday.

space junk will miss each other by 8 to 43 meters (26 to 141 feet) at 8:56 p.m. ET on Thursday
Since the Soviet satellite and Chinese rocket body are both defunct, nobody can move them out of each other's way. If they do collide, an explosion roughly equivalent to detonating 14 metric tons of TNT will send bits of debris rocketing in all directions, according to astronomer Jonathan McDowell..
A collision would probably not pose a danger to anybody on Earth, since the satellites are 991 kilometers (616 miles) above the ground and are set to cross paths above Antarctica's Weddell Sea.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/a-dead-soviet-satellite-and-a-discarded-chinese-rocket-body-have-a-1-in-10-chance-of-colliding-in-space-on-thursday/ar-BB1a1YDT?li=BBnb7Kz

[Donnamarg323]

I don't doubt there is "life" on other planets- mold, bacteria, some sort of fungi that would be considered "Life." Intelligent Life? That's another story.....

I guess if U consider mold,bacteria and fungi life,but not intelligent,you must be part of that group.

Amazing how 1 of those 3 can send in a zillion reports to FC to complain about a member supporting the bible.