RSS feed: News from the National Archives (U.S.): News from the National Archives (U.S.):

  • Free and Independent: Special Major Exhibition Opens as a “Celebration of the Declaration” 2026-04-27
  • "Freedom Plane National Tour" takes flight 2026-03-02
  • Immersive New Museum Opens at National Archives in Washington, DC 2025-11-21
  • All New National Archives Museum to Open on October 23, 2025 2025-06-06

SETI @ Home ends after 21 years of research


Since May 1999, people around the world have participated in Seti@home. According to Seti@home’s page, it is an Internet-based public volunteer computing project employing the BOINC software platform created by the Berkeley SETI Research Center and is hosted by the Space Sciences Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley.

I was a member of the Seti@home community from 2006 until the program ended on March 31, 2020.

 

RSS feed: News from the European Space Agency (ESA): News from the European Space Agency (ESA):

  • First switch on for ESA-JAXA Ramses asteroid mission 2026-09-23
    The European Space Agency’s and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Ramses planetary defence spacecraft has been turned on for the first time by its prime contractor – marking a major milestone in its time-critical development schedule.
  • A hitchhiker’s guide to Hera’s target asteroids 2026-09-23
    Currently speeding through deep space at 12 km/s relative to Earth, ESA’s Hera spacecraft is due to reach its target Dimorphos asteroid this November. But if an astronaut were magically teleported onto the small-car-sized Hera upon arrival, what would they be seeing, and what would it feel like to walk on the asteroid’s surface?
  • A call to boost European space exploration 2026-09-22
    The Call sets out a shared vision for strengthening Europe's role in human and robotic space exploration and provides political guidance for preparations ahead of the Intermediate Ministerial Meeting in Rome on 15 December.
  • Juice to fly past Earth for third gravity assist 2026-09-21
    The European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) will return to Earth on 28 September, with flight controllers guiding the spacecraft close to our home planet to alter its speed and direction en route to Jupiter.