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International Space Station – some news.
Hello, We rarely talk about the International Space Station and what kind of study or experiments are done over there. Most of us forgot that for more than 10 years, we have been investing money and...
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Jupiter got a bruise.. only one but a large one.
Hello, Last Sunday I posted on my blog an announcement about the possible recent impact on Jupiter atmosphere. I did not realize that a lot of my colleagues read this blog. On Sunday evening Paul...
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Fire at Mount Wilson Observatory – some positive news?
Captured screen of the interactive LA Times map. The "volcano" on thebottom right of the affected area corresponds to the position of Mount Wilson. Hello, Apparently the Mount Wilson Observatory...
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I discovered the Galilean Satellites with my Galileoscope :-)
The end of the weekend… It was a very pleasant one since I went camping near Lake Camanche with my family and friends and we enjoyed a last glimpse of summer without Internet and G3. It gives me also...
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Adopt a scientist program – The story in the news
Hello, In my previous post, I mentioned the “adopt-a-scientist” program of the SETI Institute which offers individual to sponsor the research of any SETI researchers. Apparently the article published...
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400 years of telescope – Les 400 ans du telescope!
Last April, I mentioned in this post this interesting cinematic documentary named “400 years of Telescope“ produced and directed by Kris Koenig, written by Donald Goldsmith, Ph.D. , Albert van Helden,...
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SETI Institute Anniversary 1/6: The Milky Way Galaxy
It is getting more and more difficult to find a dark place, without night pollution and far from the smog of the cities, to be able to realize that we are part of a large barred spiral galaxy called...
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SETI 25th Anniversary 3/6: life – what, where, how, when?
This is definitely the banner for which I am the least qualified to write about since I am not a biologist. It is, however a very important part of the SETI Institute research that needs to be fully...
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A picture of our home taken from Mercury's orbit
Just a short post today. I am still recovering from the SETIcon. I will tell you more about it soon. An image is worth a thousand words so just look at this picture taken by Messenger Spacecraft. The...
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New NASA Institute – The NASA-Armstrong Space Exploration Institute?
NASA made a request for input to name the new NASA Science and Exploration Institute. You can propose your own name on this web site. I just submitted a proposed name for this virtual institute, which...
View ArticleHello! Bonjour! Happy New Year! Bonne Annee!
Hello, This is my first post of my first blog ever! I always wanted to maintain a blog to report and discuss the latest development in the field of Planetary Science. The IYA2009 finally gave me the...
View ArticleFirst day of 2009 in my office at UC-Berkeley
Today is Monday January 5 ** 2009 **. My first official day of the year in my office at UC-Berkeley. It is 8am o’clock, I am already in my office, the brain full of resolutions and motivations. I am...
View ArticleNow we have a plan… and hope
Today The 44th president of the USA took his oath and gave his inaugural speech at Washington DC. I arrived in the US when G.W. Bush was about to be elected. I witnessed big changes in the US society...
View ArticleVisit at Keck Observatory – almost the end
Hello, I am still at Keck Observatory, but I am packing my stuff since I am about to leave Big Island for San Francisco, California. It was a rewarding experience to be at Keck Observatory HQ and I am...
View Article200 yrs ago Charles Darwin was born
Dear readers, Today, February 12 2009 is the 200 years birthday of C. Darwin, famous naturalist known for his theory of the species evolution. While driving to SETI institute yesterday, I was listening...
View ArticleBack from the Physics Diversity Submit 2009 conference in Nashville, TN
Dear readers, I am flying back from Nashville, a large city in located Tennessee. This was my first stay in this southern state. I was invited to give a talk about my work on adaptive optics for the...
View ArticleBack from LPSC (what is that?)
First of all sorry for the long absence, since I updated my SAFARI to the 4beta version, I lost capabilities to access and write this blog. So I switched back to Firefox. I should have waited the final...
View ArticleHappy Day to Earth, our only home planet (so far…).
Hello, Today is Earth Day. A lot of actions and initiatives have been taken around the world: cleaning the beaches and the streets, promote green energy to the public and in school, write your...
View ArticleLet’s be careful about this “SETI” signal
August 31: See update at the end of this post Several readers have contacted me recently about reports that a group of international astronomers have detected a strong signal coming from a distant star...
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