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Servers Remain Up During Power Outage
Large swaths of Northern California, including the UC Berkeley Campus, are under a Public Safety Power Shutoff due to high winds and the associated wildfire risks. Our servers are located in the campus Data Center which is protected by a high capacity UPS. We expect that our servers will remain up for the duration of the outage. Thus far Internet connectivity also remains up although this depends on factors outside of the Data Center.
10 Oct 2019, 16:57:08 UTC
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New SETI Perspectives: "What to expect from ET?"
Richard Lawn has posted another interesting article to "SETI Perspectives". This one is titled What to expect from ET? .
28 Aug 2019, 17:15:08 UTC
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Dan Werthimer wins 2019 Carl Sagan Prize.
Congratulations to our own Dan Werthimer for winning the 2019 Carl Sagan Prize for Science Popularization! The Sagan Prize is presented specifically to recognize and encourage researchers who “have contributed mightily to the public understanding and appreciation of science.” You can read more about the Sagan Prize and see past winners at http://wonderfest.org/sagan-prize/ .
25 Aug 2019, 19:55:37 UTC
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2019 SETI.Germany Wow! anniversary event: 15-29 August
Every year SETI.Germany organizes an event in honor of the anniversary of the Wow! signal. This year's event (the 42nd anniversary) takes place from 15 to 29 August . Further information can be found here .
22 Jul 2019, 23:13:46 UTC
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New SETI Perspectives: "Seeing the Unseeable: The Black Hole Image"
Richard Lawn has posted another interesting article to "SETI Perspectives". This one is titled Seeing the Unseeable: The Black Hole Image and is about the Event Horizon Telescope's image of the black hole in M87.
5 Jul 2019, 21:10:42 UTC
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