Seth Shostak on past, present & future of SETI
A conversation about the status of SETI with the
SETI Institute's senior astronomer:
Seth Shostak of the SETI Institute Interviewed by Sander Olson - nextbigfuture.com - Aug.18.10.
08/18/10 11:56 PM |
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SETI Institute videos
Check out the huge collection of videos at the -
SETI Institute's
YouTube Channel. Here are a couple of examples:
08/06/10 02:35 PM |
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Companionless sun-like stars
More sun-like stars off by themselves found:
Single star count ups odds of ET - New Scientist - July.16.10.
07/17/10 02:16 PM |
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Difficult to eavesdrop on ET
More about the possibilities of detecting extra-terrestrial civilizations via picking up signals not deliberately sent in our direction:
Our Eavesdropping-on-ET Strategy Not Likely to Work - Wired Science/Wired.com - July.14.10.
07/15/10 12:25 AM |
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SETI: unintended detectability
Some discussion of whether "leakage" radio and microwave signals from extraterrestrial civilizations could be detected and whether earth's leakage is detectible by ETs:
SETI and Detectability - Centauri Dreams - July.13.10.
07/13/10 01:00 PM |
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They will soon know we're out here
Seth Shostak argues that there is no point now in trying to turn off signals to prevent unfriendly alien civilizations from noticing us:
It's too late to worry that the aliens will find us - New Scientist - July.5.10
07/05/10 09:56 PM |
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SETI: what to do next in the case of success?
Paul Gilster discusses how the reception of signals from an alien species might be dealt with:
SETI: Handling a Detection - Centauri Dreams - May.4.10
05/04/10 12:50 PM |
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Stephen Hawking worries about getting ET's attention
I think Prof. Hawking is probably being a bit to paranoid:
Stephen Hawking warns over making contact with aliens - BBC - Apr.25.10.
05/01/10 09:41 AM |
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SETI past and future
Alan Boyle reports from the annual AAAS meeting in San Diego on a session that reviewed SETI efforts since they began in 1960 and discussed new SETI techniques for the future :
Are we missing E.T.'s call? - Cosmic Log/msnbc.com - Feb.24.10.
02/24/10 01:57 AM |
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Really deep space SETI
Frank Drake wants to place an antenna ten times farther out from the Sun than the
distance of the Sun to Pluto to take advantage of gravitational focusing of signals from extraterrestrial intelligence:
Drake wants off-world listening post for alien messages - New Scientist - Feb.18.10.
02/19/10 12:48 AM |
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Frank Drake keeps searching and planning
Frank Drake is not reluctant to think big when it comes to SETI projects:
SETI founder Dr Frank Drake outlines ambitious future plans - Wired.UK- Jan.26.10
01/26/10 11:53 AM |
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Frank Drake looks back on looking for ET signals
Some perspective on SETI over the past 50 years:
Frank Drake: Half a century listening for ET - New Scientist - Jan.13.10
01/13/10 11:12 AM |
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SETI efforts grow
Here's a nice update on developments in
SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence), especially with regard to the
Allen Telescope Array, which was privately developed:
Search for extraterrestrial life gains momentum around the world - washingtonpost.com.
12/22/09 05:57 PM |
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Allen Telescope Array outputs first science reports
The
Allen Telescope Array starts producing results, even though it is only partially complete:
SETI telescope array produces first science results - New Scientist - Aug.18.09
08/19/09 03:54 PM |
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First results from the Allen Telescope Array
Alan Boyle gives an update on the privately funded
Allen Telescope Array and the early results of its search for signals from extraterrestrial civilizations:
Hey, E.T.! The line is open - Cosmic Log/msnbc.com - June.11.09.
06/12/09 08:45 AM |
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What to say to ET
The
SETI Institute has opened the
Earth Speaks program in which people can submit suggestions on what message, if any, should be transmitted back after a signal from an extraterrestrial civilization is detected:
Earth Speaks: New Project Collects Messages to the Cosmos - SPACE.com - May.21.09.
05/22/09 12:27 AM |
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SETI@Home - ten years of searching
The
SETI@Home public participation project reaches a milestone:
SETI@home project celebrates 10th anniversary, though no ETs - UC Berkeley - May.19.09.
05/20/09 02:52 PM |
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Spotting signs of life outside the solar system
It would be wonderful to wake up someday and read the news that an exoplanet with an oxygen atmosphere and other biosignatures has been observed:
Telescopes poised to spot air-breathing aliens - New Scientist - May.15.09.
05/16/09 05:39 PM |
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SETI update
Alan Boyle gives an overview of SETI since the first efforts began five decades ago:
50 years of seeking E.T. - Cosmic Log/msnbc.com - May.4.09.
05/05/09 05:00 PM |
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