Popular Mechanics Mag- Are We Alone? New Hope in the Search for Alien Life.

The September issue of Popular Mechanics has as its cover feature in
large bold print "Are We Alone? New Hope in the Search for Alien Life"
with cover art showing black starlit space sky over cracked ice moon
emitting vapor stream into space (reminiscent of recent finds on
Saturn's moon Enceladus)

Inside title/caption "SCIENTISTS ARE FINDING LIFE IN EARTH'S COLDEST,
HOTTEST, WEIRDEST PLACES. NEXT UP: MARS TITAN AND BEYOND - How five big
questions about life on our planet are shaping the search for it on
other worlds. By Carl Zimmer.

Nice (pop-style) overview of how astrobiology's exploration of
extremophiles and the discovery of a liquid cycle on Titan (and other
important discoveries) have substantially expanded the possibilities
for the ubiquitousness of life in the universe. One of the images
accompanying the article is that of the Allen Telescope Array showing 5
dishes (3 of them silvered and 2 of them grey in color) and a large
number of stacked grey-colored telescope feeds connected to their
support arms seemingly ready for installation.)

Searching, Jason H.

The "silvered" ATA dishes are newer than the grey. They all start off
that way and slowly oxidize to the matte grey finish.

We'll be posting live webcam images on the SETI Institute web site
soon.

Peter Backus
SETI Institute

Jason H. wrote:
The September issue of Popular Mechanics has as its cover feature in
large bold print "Are We Alone? New Hope in the Search for Alien Life"
with cover art showing black starlit space sky over cracked ice moon
emitting vapor stream into space (reminiscent of recent finds on
Saturn's moon Enceladus)

Inside title/caption "SCIENTISTS ARE FINDING LIFE IN EARTH'S COLDEST,
HOTTEST, WEIRDEST PLACES. NEXT UP: MARS TITAN AND BEYOND - How five big
questions about life on our planet are shaping the search for it on
other worlds. By Carl Zimmer.

Nice (pop-style) overview of how astrobiology's exploration of
extremophiles and the discovery of a liquid cycle on Titan (and other
important discoveries) have substantially expanded the possibilities
for the ubiquitousness of life in the universe. One of the images
accompanying the article is that of the Allen Telescope Array showing 5
dishes (3 of them silvered and 2 of them grey in color) and a large
number of stacked grey-colored telescope feeds connected to their
support arms seemingly ready for installation.)

Searching, Jason H.