AGU 2015

SETI Institute Presence at Earth and Planetary Science Meeting

The fall meeting of the AGU – the American Geophysical Union – is being held from December 14 though 18 in San Francisco. Among its 24,000 attendees are many SETI Institute scientists, giving talks and presenting posters.
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  • AGU 2015

    The fall meeting of the AGU – the American Geophysical Union – is being held from December 14 though 18 in San Francisco. Among its 24,000 attendees are many SETI Institute scientists, giving talks and presenting posters.

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    AGU 2015
  • Applications are now open for the Summer 2016 Research Experience for Undergraduates Program. Life in the Universe – Astronomy and Planetary Science at the SETI Institute. Work on projects spanning the field of astrobiology from microbiology to planetary geology to observational astronomy. Apply now!

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  • Cosmic Conundra

    We examine some of the most recent, perplexing questions about the cosmos. Could massive asteroid impacts be as predictable as phases of the moon? Speaking of moons – why are some of Pluto’s spinning like turbine-powered pinwheels? Is there now persuasive evidence of parallel universes, as one scientist claims? And, could a distant star be surrounded by alien mega-structures?

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  • GPI

    Using the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) as well as the Hubble Space Telescope, Kalas and his colleagues examined a star known as HD 106906 ... the remarkable thing about this stellar system is the discovery that a planet in its outer regions (16 times as far from the star as Pluto is from the Sun) may have been expelled from its birthplace.

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  • “This very large survey is observing 600 young stars to look for two things: giant planets orbiting them and debris disks. In our first year, we have already found what GPI was designed to discover -- a young Jupiter in orbit around a nearby star,”

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  • charon

    Most of the familiar moons in the solar system orbit their planets deferentially, with one side always facing their host worlds. This situation is akin to horses on a carousel, with one flank perpetually facing the central axis. But these tranquil conditions don’t apply to Pluto’s small moons.

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  • Carl Sagan

    Today is Carl Sagan’s 81st birthday; he died too young, at age 62. But his formidable legacy continues to wield influence: anyone who has talked to students of astronomy has heard claims that they were attracted to the field thanks to Carl Sagan.

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  • ATA

    The SETI Institute has trained its Allen Telescope Array on KIC 8462852 for more than two weeks. Finding a signal would be a strong indication for the presence of intelligence.

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  • dolphin

    The idea that we can learn about possible extraterrestrial (ETI) communication systems by studying non-human communications on Earth is similar to the astrobiological idea that one might learn more about exobiology by studying the extremes of life on Earth.

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  • girl scouts

    NASA’s Science Mission Directorate selected “Reaching for the Stars: NASA Science for Girl Scouts” as a new, 5-year space science education program that will bring together Girl Scouts with scientists, engineers and educators at NASA and beyond.

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