Author Archives: Prasenjit Saha

A Piece of Mars

Posted on 22/02/2011 by Prasenjit Saha

These nondescript stones really are from Mars! They are part of a meteorite collection at the Naturhistorischen Museum Bern. (Photo courtesy Beda Hofmann.) The piece at the lower left will be on display at the exhibition, along with a magnified … Continue reading →

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Ruft ET an?

Posted on 23/01/2011 by Prasenjit Saha

More on the SETI sound sample: The data are one of the samples provided by setiQuest to help the community develop new analysis techniques. (More about this in Jill Tarter’s TED wish.) The data themselves are from a pulsar B0329+54 … Continue reading →

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Der grosse Saal…

Posted on 13/01/2011 by Prasenjit Saha

Nach der vorgangenen Sonderausstellung Massenaussterben ist der Saal wieder leer. Doch die Puppenstube zeigt, wie der Raum ab April aussiehen wird. Antoine Klein und Sebastian Elser, Forscher in der Astrophysik an der Uni Zürich, überlegen sich…

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