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  1. “Hollywood Aliens: Prototypes for the Real Thing?” asks Seth Shostak. buff.ly/JCFxex
  2. More about the Milky Way: A more precise estimation of its age. buff.ly/JCFwXY
  3. When the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies meet, I will be a titanic encounter, in about 4 billion years… buff.ly/JCFwra
  4. Reminder!!! Don’t miss out on this once-in-a-lifetime event!!! buff.ly/JCFtve
  5. Bon Appétit! Bill Nye, the Science Guy, will kick off our SETIcon II Luncheon with Scientists! buff.ly/JCFsYv
  6. Meet Tom Jones, Astronaut, leader of three spacewalks, planetary scientist and author at SETIcon 2012! buff.ly/L1jQkE
  7. GRAIL’s study of the moon: completed ahead of schedule, and in unprecedented detail! buff.ly/L1jNp5
  8. Asteroids and our Earth: Close encounters, but no danger, and closely watched. buff.ly/KDzh3S
  9. An explanation of the science behind the imminent Venus transit buff.ly/Kuq13D
  10. An interview with Jill Tarter, alien hunter (by Nadia Drake). buff.ly/KupXRj
  11. Farthest out ocean: Neptune’s icy moon Triton is different! buff.ly/LHLUwG
  12. At SETIcon 2012: Jonathan Fay, Principal Software Architect for WorldWide Telescope at Microsoft Research buff.ly/LHLSVz
  13. Scientists getting ready for the once-in-a-lifetime Venus transit. The next one will be in 2117!! buff.ly/L54BId
  14. SETI Talks: Large Hadron Collider by Michael Peskin (Video) buff.ly/JEtU3f
  15. NEMO neutrino mission makes a surprising discovery during tests for a future deep-sea neutrino telescope. buff.ly/JrEppq
  16. Astrobiologist Kevin Hand dreams of finding life on watery moons. buff.ly/JKO40j
  17. SETI Colloquium: Planet formation and stellar multiplicity: Insights from recent surveys and perspectives. Dr. Duchene buff.ly/IZbn32
  18. An enigma: What is going on in Earth’s core??? buff.ly/JKNMqc
  19. A 350-year old problem solved: Teen solves an unsolved Newtonian problem. buff.ly/KRpKDo