Western Europe cruise from Ireland to Portugal

Speaker: Dr. Michael Lam, Research Scientist, SETI Institute

Topics:

• The Race for Neptune
  Discover the thrilling race between British and French astronomers in the 1840s to find Neptune beyond Uranus. Learn about the planet’s discovery and its place in our Solar System, with a connection to the route near Saint-Lô, France.
  Estimating the Drake Equation
  Explore Frank Drake’s 1961 equation for determining the number of communicating civilizations in the Milky Way. Learn about the values we now know and the unknowns as we assess how common or rare civilizations like ours might be.
• The Currents of Interstellar Space
  Dive into the interstellar medium, a mix of gas and particles between stars. Learn how its dynamics impact astrophysical processes and distort radio waves, and how this medium influences our search for extraterrestrial technosignatures.

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