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An Update on the Potential Habitability of TRAPPIST-1. No Aliens yet, but We’ve Learned a lot.

What have we learned a year later about this planetary system, which is located only 41 light-years from Earth.

An Update on the Potential Habitability of TRAPPIST-1. No Aliens yet, but We’ve Learned a lot.

What have we learned a year later about this planetary system, which is located only 41 light-years from Earth.
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SETI Institute Researchers Presented with FILMSS Star Award

Bruce Clarke, Stefan Rosner and Bill Wohler of the SETI Institute, along with their colleague Jeff Huang of Logyx, were recognized for their contributions to SOFIA’s (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy) High-resolution Airborne Wideband Camera-plus (HAWC+) Acceptance Review team.
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What can a fake gorilla teach us about the search for space aliens?

A new paper argues that the 'cosmic gorilla effect' may be hampering our ability to find E.T.
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SETI Artists-in-Residence Felipe Pérez Santiago to Perform at Montalvo Arts Center

Following Felipe's performance on April 27, he will be joined in conversation by SETI Institute President and CEO Bill Diamond, visual artist and SETI AIR Program Director Charles Lindsay, SETI Institute co-founder Jill Tarter, Lucas Artists Program Fellow Jen Bervin and Montalvo Lucas Artists Program Curator Donna Conwell.
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Where in the Worlds has SETI Institute Been? Apr 9 - 15, 2018

A roundup of what's happening at the SETI Institute
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Big Picture Science Radio Show - High Moon

“The moon or bust” is now officially bust. No private company was able to meet the Lunar X Prize challenge and arrange a launch by the 2018 deadline and the $30 million award goes unclaimed. But the race to the moon is still on. Find out who wants to go and why this is not your parents’ – or grandparents’ – space race. Meanwhile, science-fiction is still attracted to our cratered companion: Andy Weir’s new novel imagines a vibrant lunar colony. Its description of colonists launched from Kenya is not entirely fiction: the nation is one of many in Africa with space programs.
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SETI Institute Activity Report January – March 2018

2018 has been a whirlwind at the SETI Institute already. SETI Institute researchers published in 49 peer-reviewed scientific journals, contributed 78 conference proceedings and abstracts and participated in 52 public talks, interviews and media stories.
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What Are We Protecting Mars From — And Why Do We Bother?

Join us April 19, at 7:00PM PST in Menlo Park, CA. for a free lecture on protecting Mars
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SETI AIR Program Director Charles Lindsay Attends Culture Summit in Abu Dhabi 2018

Over 500 invitees from 90 countries convened to discuss the role of policy and art in the service of social causes, cross cultural communication and future world building.
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Space aliens could have died out long ago, scientist says

A new paper argues that any extraterrestrials we hear from are likely to have died out.
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Previously Featured


	Where in the Worlds has SETI Institute Been? Apr 2 - 8, 2018 A roundup of what's happening at the SETI Institute April 13, 2018
	SETI Institute Researchers Presented with FILMSS Star Award Bruce Clarke, Stefan Rosner and Bill Wohler of the SETI Institute, along with their colleague Jeff Huang of Logyx, were recognized for their contributions to SOFIA’s (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy) High-resolution Airborne Wideband Camera-plus (HAWC+) Acceptance Review team. April 13, 2018
	Where in the Worlds has SETI Institute Been? - Mar 26 - Apr 1, 2018 A roundup of what's happening at the SETI Institute March 30, 2018
	April 09, 2018 Andrew Siemion Named Bernard M. Oliver Chair of SETI at the SETI Institute In collaboration with the University of California, Berkeley, the SETI Institute today announced the appointment of Dr. Andrew P.V. Siemion, Astrophysicist and Director of the U.C. Berkeley SETI Research Center, to the Bernard M. Oliver Chair of SETI Research at the SETI Institute.
	Presentations for the NASA’s 2017 Space Radiation Workshop Co-Sponsored by the SETI Institute Available Now Last November the SETI Institute co-sponsored NASA’s 2017 Space Radiation Workshop which was held at NASA Ames Research Center to explore ways to enable data-rich characterization, forecasting and monitoring of space radiation environments. April 03, 2018
	NASA Frontier Development Lab Application Deadline Extended to April 13 FDL is an applied artificial intelligence research accelerator that will run June 25 – August 17, 2018. April 03, 2018

News and Announcements


		Aliens on Line 1 We thought we had found E.T.
		Proxima Centauri b: Have we just found Earth’s cousin right on our doorstep? What began as a tantalizing rumor has just become an astonishing fact. Today a group of thirty-one scientists, led by Guillem Anglada-Escude at the Queen Mary University of London, UK, announced the discovery of a terrestrial exoplanet orbiting Proxima Centauri.
		SETI Institute is Hiring - Research Assistant The Research Assistant will be assisting in a variety of projects related to planetary science, Mars exploration and astrobiology. This may include sample preparation and documentation, as well as measurement and analysis of visible/near-infrared reflectance spectra.
		Susan Mullally's Talk - "Kepler’s Heartbeat Stars: When Binary Stars Get Funky" on 16 August 2016 A new talk will be in 16 August 2016, Tuesday, 7:45 PM, Presidio Observation Post, Building 211. "Kepler’s Heartbeat Stars: When Binary Stars Get Funky" by Susan Mullally, PhD, SETI Institute, NASA Ames
		SETI Institute is Hiring - Research Assistant 2016 The Research Assistant will be assisting in a variety of projects related to planetary science, Mars exploration and astrobiology.
		Perseid Meteor Shower This Week May Develop Outburst - August 11th and 12th This Thursday and Friday, there will be one of the best annual meteor showers you and your family can watch – the Perseids.
		Outburst of July gamma Draconids Peter Jenniskens reports that the CAMS meteor shower survey stations in the Netherlands noticed unusually strong activity from the normally weak July gamma Draconids meteor shower (IAU shower number 184) in the night of July 27/28.
		Happy Anniversary, New Horizons New Horizons flashed by Pluto one year ago, and uncovered an unexpected world of glaciers and plains.
		Evergreen Middle School Students present HiRISE Mars Research at Ames! On May 25th, 2016, a group of sixteen 7th and 8th grade students from Evergreen Middle School in Cottonwood, CA, visited Ames Research Center to present the results of their year-long Mars research projects.
		Senior Scientist Cristina Dalle Ore will be at TEDx Bergamo, Italy What is TEDx? The TEDx Program is designed to help communities, organizations and individuals to spark conversation and connection through local TED-like experiences.