How Stars Form
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Christopher McKee's SETI Talk on Tuesday January 31, 2017. Stars are the atoms of the universe. The process by which stars form is at the nexus of astrophysics since they are believed to be responsible for the re-ionization of the universe...
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Big Picture Science Radio Show - Quantum: Why We Want 'Em
Today, everything from cell phones to LED lighting depends on the weird behavior described by quantum mechanics. But will this strange physics soon bring us computers millions of times faster than your laptop, or instant communication across the universe? And is the difference between life and death just a matter of quantum mechanics?
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Exocomets: Now you see them, now you don't
Barry Welsh's SETI Talk was on Tuesday January 23, 2017. Minor bodies such as Kuiper Belt objects, comets, and asteroids constitute the rocky and icy debris left over from the planet building phase of our solar system.
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The Late Veneer and Earth's habitability
Norm Sleep's SETI Talk on Tuesday January 10, 2017. Asteroid impacts were a hazard to any life on the Hadean Earth. A traditional approach to geochemical models of the asteroid impactors uses the concentration of highly siderophile elements including the Pt-group in the silicate Earth.
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Observations of Ceres indicate that asteroids might be camouflaged
Using data primarily gathered by SOFIA, NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, a team of astronomers has detected the presence of substantial amounts of material on the surface of Ceres that appears to be fragments of other asteroids.
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Meteoroid Streams in the Solar System
From where do meteors come? NASA is mapping meteoroid streams in a project led by SETI Institute's Peter Jenniskens. Now visualized in 3D!
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Sustainable Energy Now and in a Livable Future
Dan Kammen's SETI Talk on Tuesday December 20, 2016. It has been scientifically clear for some time that the global community must decarbonize the energy and material system entirely by mid-century.
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Unlocking the Secrets of Nearby Exoplanets with the TESS Mission
George Ricker's SETI Talk on Tuesday December 13, 2016. Dr. Ricker is the PI of the TESS Mission which will explore nearby stars for exoplanets.
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Watch Nathalie Cabrol's AGU Sagan Lecture on life and environment
On December 14, Nathalie Cabrol, Director of the Carl Sagan Center for the Study of Life in the Universe at the SETI Institute, gave the prestigious Sagan Lecture at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU). If you missed it, you can still sign up at AGU to watch the recorded stream once they make it available.
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PASSAGE TO MARS Wins Best Non-Fiction Feature Film Award
The documentary film on the epic Northwest Passage Drive Expedition led by SETI Institute's Pascal Lee, gets top award at 2016 Raw Science Film Festival in Los Angeles, CA
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News and Announcements
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The University of the Underground is open for application SETI Institute's Designer of Experiences Nelly Ben Hayoun, is now up to a new challenge. She is opening a university in the undergrounds of cities. |
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SETI Institute is Hiring - General Ledger (GL) Accountant The SETI Institute is currently looking for a General Ledger Accountant. |
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The Kepler-K2 Team Wins the National Space Society’s 2017 Space Pioneer Award for Science and Engineering Are these some new cosmic phenomenon, an odd habit of nature that we never knew? Or could they be the deliberate wails of societies howling from the farthest corners of space? |
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What’s Causing Those Mysterious ‘Bursts’ From Deep Space? Are these some new cosmic phenomenon, an odd habit of nature that we never knew? Or could they be the deliberate wails of societies howling from the farthest corners of space? |
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NASA Flying Observatory Makes Observations of Jupiter Previously Only Possible from Space NASA & DLR Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA is a Boeing 747SP jetliner modified to carry a 100-inch diameter telescope. Image Credit: NASA. |
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Why Are Only Americans Interested in the Hunt for Extraterrestrials? Why Only Americans Are Interested in the Hunt for Alien Life? Seth Shostak writes about the idea for NBC’s mach/space page. |
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The International Space Orchestra, the world’s first orchestra composed of space scientists, is releasing a cover of Sigur Rós’ Viðrar Vel Til Loftárása. As part of the festive season, The International Space Orchestra offer covers of Sigur Rós’ song Viðrar vel til loftárása, produced by Sigur Rós with long-term collaborator musician Alex Somers, and performed by the International Space Orchestra. |
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Are the Salad Days for Intelligence Still to Come? Could it be that Homo sapiens is the first intelligent species in the cosmos? Given the number of planets now known to pepper space, that seems unlikely. Seth Shostak writes about the idea for NBC’s tech/science page. |
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Take Me to Your Artist SETI Institute artists are being inspired by our search for alien life. |
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NASA Kepler Visionary Honored By American Association for the Advancement of Science William J. Borucki, principal investigator for NASA's Kepler mission at the agency's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, California, has been named a Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). |
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