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Our mission is to lead humanity's quest to understand the origins and prevalence of life and intelligence in the universe and share that knowledge. #SETI #arewealone

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: This artist's concept illustrates Kepler-16b, the first planet known to definitively orbit two stars -- what's called a circumbinary planet. The planet, which can be seen in the foreground, was discovered by NASA's Kepler mission. The two orbiting stars regularly eclipse each other, as seen from our point of view on Earth. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle

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JOIN US VIRTUALLY for this year's Drake Awards

WHEN: MAY 16 AT 6:30 PM PST

HOSTED BY SETH SHOSTAK
Join Seth Shostak, host of the virtual program, and explore his provocative proclamation:

“When we find extraterrestrial life, humanity will enter a new era…”

Get your tickets: https://events.idonate.com/drakeawardsvirtual2024

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https://discover.lanl.gov/news/0501-ancient-mars/
A research team using the ChemCam instrument onboard NASA’s Curiosity rover discovered higher-than-usual amounts of manganese in lakebed rocks within Gale Crater on Mars, which indicates that the sediments were formed in a river, delta, or near the shoreline of an ancient lake. The results were published today in Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets.

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#PPOD: Rising from turbulent waves of dust and gas is the Horsehead Nebula, Barnard 33, which resides roughly 1,300 light-years away, and the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has captured the sharpest infrared images to date. Webb’s new view focuses on the illuminated edge of the top of the nebula’s distinctive dust and gas structure. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, K. Misselt (University of Arizona) and A. Abergel (IAS/University Paris-Saclay, CNRS)

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Is physics’ Standard Model broken? Einstein’s effect on young minds, and how black holes go away. It’s “Phreaky Physics” on Big Picture Science.

Listen: https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/phreaky-physics

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#PPOD: View of the north polar region of Jupiter's moon Io, in approximate natural color, made from images captured with NASA's Galileo spacecraft on March 28, 1998. The background is filled with Jupiter's clouds. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ Galileo Imaging Team/Jason Major

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https://thehoya.com/science/georgetown-conference-explores-the-intersection-of-space-exploration-climate-change/
The Earth at the Crossroads conference brought together scientists, artists, journalists, historians and policymakers to consider how discoveries in extraterrestrial science and exploration inform our response to the climate crisis here on Earth.

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https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/a60525416/no-evidence-alien-tech-yet/
Bill Diamond has a point. If alien technology is so advanced that it can reach Earth from a distant location we don’t know exists, that technology likely wouldn’t be so flawed that it would crash-land in the New Mexico desert.

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: ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst took this photo of a 13-kilometer (8-mile) wide impact crater in Chad from the International Space Station in 2020. Credit: ESA-A.Gerst

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We're thrilled to share that undergraduate Param Joshi from NIT Rourkela, India, collaborating with Dr. Vishal Gajjar and a team of researchers at the Allen Telescope Array of the SETI Institute, has led the discovery of a Fast Radio Bursts with the widest bandwidth. After meticulously analyzing over 200 hours of observations with a specialized machine learning algorithm, Param successfully identified eight Fast Radio Bursts.

https://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=16599

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https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/sci/scientists-speak-humpback-whale-experiment.html
Scientists on the Whale-SETI team have successfully communicated with a humpback whale named Twain, having a 20-minute “conversation” with the aquatic animal. This historic experiment involved a recorded whale call that the team played into the ocean using an underwater speaker, which led Twain to circle their boat and respond using a “greeting signal.” The exchange lasted for 20 minutes, and Twain would match the interval variations from the team’s calls.

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Why the physics of particles might be on the verge of a revolution, how black holes evaporate, and when relativity inspires young minds. It’s “Phreaky Physics,” on Big Picture Science.

Listen here: https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/phreaky-physics

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#PPOD: The final resting place of the Mars Ingenuity helicopter, imaged on 25 February 2024 by NASA's Perseverance rover's SuperCam Remote Micro-Imager. The helicopter flew for its 72nd and final time on 18 January 2024. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/CNES/IRAP/Paul Byrne

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The more I see Lisa Kaltenegger in the media the more I get the feeling she is going to end up with egg on her face.

And I am confused, some outlets are saying she works with @setiinstitute, but other media outlets don't mention it at all.

Regardless, she is jinxing it for the rest of us.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/apr/27/we-live-in-a-golden-time-of-exploration-astronomer-lisa-kaltenegger-on-the-hunt-for-signs-of-extraterrestrial-life

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@richard She's the Director of the Carl Sagan Institute at Cornell, which is confusing because we have the Carl Sagan Center at the SETI Institute.

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: Exploring a Hot, Young World

In a groundbreaking discovery, astronomers have identified an Earth-sized planet closer and younger than any previously known. During this week's , communications specialist Beth Johnson spoke with lead authors Melinda Soares-Furtado and Benjamin Capistrant about this amazing discovery and the implications for planetary formation studies.

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5lcoCPEknk&ab_channel=SETIInstitute

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5 Reasons Not to Miss the Drake Awards:

  1. Joining your fellow space enthusiasts.

  2. Don't miss our new venue: the amazing Computer History Museum in Mountain View.

  3. Hanging out with our CSC Director's Award recipient Franck Marchis.

  4. Cheering on our undergraduate SETI Forward Awardees Dana and Roza.

  5. Hearing why Drake Award Recipient Andrew Siemion thinks first contact could be IMMINENT!

IN-PERSON: https://events.idonate.com/drakeawards2024
VIRTUAL: https://events.idonate.com/drakeawardsvirtual2024

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TODAY IS ALIEN DAY!

runs around office

prepares press release

answers phone

Oh. Ohhhhhh... Not THAT kind of . Darn.

Enjoy the movie's re-release everyone!

https://buff.ly/3U9mNKU

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https://www.ign.com/articles/a-once-in-a-lifetime-stellar-explosion-could-be-visible-to-the-naked-eye-later-in-2024
A Once-in-a-Lifetime Stellar Explosion Could Be Visible to the Naked Eye Later in 2024

Astronomers have predicted that a nearby white dwarf star orbiting in the T Coronae Borealis system some 3,000 light years from Earth will erupt in a dramatic nova explosion later this year, which will be visible to the naked eye (via SETI Institute).

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Next : Exploring a Hot, Young World
TODAY, Apr 25, 2:30 PM PDT / 5:30 PM EDT

In a groundbreaking discovery, astronomers have identified an Earth-sized planet closer and younger than any previously known.

Communications specialist Beth Johnson speaks with lead authors Melinda Soares-Furtado and Benjamin Capistrant about this amazing discovery and the implications for planetary formation studies.

WATCH LIVE: https://www.youtube.com/live/q5lcoCPEknk?si=cpE7XSQuzjavGseU

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: In celebration of the 34th anniversary of the launch of NASA’s legendary Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers took a snapshot of the Little Dumbbell Nebula, also known as Messier 76, or M76, located 3,400 light-years away in the northern circumpolar constellation Perseus. The name 'Little Dumbbell' comes from its shape which is a two-lobed structure of colorful, mottled, glowing gases resembling a balloon that’s been pinched around a middle waist. Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI

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: Check out this fun rock garden at Jezero! NASA's Perseverance rover captured this image of some interesting Martian rocks on Sept. 17, 2023. The image was selected by public vote as an "Image of the Week" for the mission. It has been edited to bring out more detail. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / ASU / Edited by The Planetary Society

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The permafrost is thawing, a process that will warm the planet in a positive feedback cycle that will produce methane and carbon dioxide, two gases observed in the atmosphere of Mars. Could microbes be involved? It’s “De-Permafrosting” on Big Picture Science.

Listen here: https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/de-permafrosting

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6:00PM PT IN-PERSON • 6:30PM PT VIRTUAL
COMPUTER HISTORY MUSEUM IN MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA

IN-PERSON: https://events.idonate.com/drakeawards2024
VIRTUAL: https://events.idonate.com/drakeawardsvirtual2024

The SETI Institute invites you to the 2024 Drake Awards (May 16, 2024). Help celebrate leaders in the search for life in the Universe - the recipients of the Drake Award and the Carl Sagan Center Director's Award - and inspire the next generation of SETI scientists earning the SETI Forward Award.

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https://www.space.com/devil-comet-pons-brooks-reaches-perihelion

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks will be visible in binoculars in the coming days. The comet is very low above the horizon in the west just after sunset and can be seen below the "Y" of the Hyades and the star below them in the constellation of Taurus. The comet had a recent outburst and is responsible for some of our meteor showers.

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#PPOD: In this image released on March 9, 2024, the NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope gives us a more detailed view of a well-studied but still mysterious region, NGC 604. The most noticeable features are tendrils and clumps of emission that appear bright red, extending out from areas that look like clearings, or large bubbles in the nebula. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI

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