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Our mission is to lead humanity's quest to understand the origins and prevalence of life and intelligence in the universe and share that knowledge. #SETI #arewealone

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#PPOD: This amazing photo shows Japan’s iconic Mount Fuji from space. The image was captured by an astronaut onboard the International Space Station on 27 May 2001. Mount Fuji, located on Honshu Island, is the highest mountain in Japan at 3,776.24 meters tall. An active stratovolcano that last erupted in 1707–08, Mount Fuji lies about 100 kilometers southwest of Tokyo and can be seen from the city on a clear day. Credit: NASA

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A photograph taken from the International Space Station shows the iconic snow-capped cone of Japan's famous Mt. Fuji in the middle of a seemingly flat, green forest. Several small puffs of cloud are in the sky, with one trailing off the mountain to the upper right. Ridges of smaller mountains are seen in the distance.
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    #PPOD: Mimas drifts along in its orbit against the azure backdrop of Saturn's northern latitudes in this true-color view. The long, dark lines on the atmosphere are shadows cast by the planet's rings. At the bottom, craters on icy Mimas (398 kilometers) give the moon a dimpled appearance. Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute/CICLOPS

    #saturn #cassini #space #science #scicomm

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    #PPOD: This stunning photo was taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) onboard the ESA's Mars Express spacecraft. Phobos is the larger and closer of Mars's two moons, the other being Deimos. One hypothesis of their origin involves the possible capture of primitive asteroids. Unfortunately, Phobos is being pulled apart and closer by Mars's tidal forces and gravity. Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/ @andrealuck CC BY (https://www.flickr.com/photos/192271236@N03/53635851891/)

    #mars #phobos #space #science #scicomm

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    https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/giant-ancient-volcano-discovered-on-mars/
    It's not every day that a giant volcano is discovered hiding in plain sight. By reviewing satellite imagery from many missions, scientists have spotted the remains of a colossal volcano on Mars. The volcano, provisionally named “Noctis Mons,” had been imaged repeatedly since the early 1970s, but extensive erosion had concealed it from view. Researchers have also spotted hints at an adjacent glacier buried underneath the volcanic slopes.

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    #PPOD: Absolutely gorgeous new (Feb 29th) view taken by NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars, looking back down the slope of Mt. Sharp in the center of Gale Crater. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk/S Atkinson

    #space #science #scicomm #mars

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    In what’s being called a breakthrough, scientists have had an extended conversation with a humpback whale. Could this encounter teach us how to talk with ET? It’s “Alien Says What?” on Big Picture Science.

    Listen here: https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/alien-says-what

    #seti #ceti #whaleseti #science #scicomm #podcast

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