New Studies of Clay Formation Provide Clues about Early Martian Climate
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New Studies of Clay Formation Provide Clues about Early Martian Climate
February 5, 2018, Mountain View, CA -- New research published in Nature Astronomy seeks to understand how surface clay was formed on Mars despite its cold climate.
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Big Picture Science Radio Show - Creative Brains
Many animals are industrious and clever, but humans are unique in their creative and inventive impulses. Composer Anthony Brandt and neuroscientist David Eagleman discuss how human creativity has reshaped the world. But is Homo sapiens’ claim on creativity destined to be short-lived? Why both men are prepared to step aside when artificial intelligence can do their jobs.
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The Three Surprises of 'Oumuamua
One of the defining moments in planetary astronomy in 2017 is that this is the year we discovered the first astronomical object to enter the Solar System from interstellar space.
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Democratizing Astronomy One Child at a Time
The Unistellar team recently traveled to the Rift Valley in Kenya to participate in a unique and exciting outreach event with a new initiative called StarWatchForAll.
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Simple math shows how many space aliens may be out there
If you say you believe space aliens exist, I doubt your friends will be shocked. In a universe aglow with 2 trillion galaxies, you'd be supremely smug to think that Earth alone hosts clever creatures.
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Where in the Worlds has SETI Institute Been? - Jan 15, 2017 - Jan 21, 2018
A roundup of SETI Institute in the media.
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Carl Sagan Center Activity Report December 2017
Carl Sagan Center Activity Report for November 2017
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Where in the Worlds has SETI Institute Been? - Jan 08, 2017 - Jan 14, 2018
A roundup of SETI Institute in the media.
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Hello and happy Trip Around the Sun 2018! We’d like to help start your year in a positive way with a very exciting announcement.
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UFO believers got one thing right. Here's what they get wrong.
The government did have a secret program to investigate odd aerial phenomena, but that doesn't mean UFOs are alien spacecraft.
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Laser SETI 2018 Hello and happy Trip Around the Sun 2018! We’d like to help start your year in a positive way with a very exciting announcement. January 18, 2018 |
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UFO believers got one thing right. Here's what they get wrong. The government did have a secret program to investigate odd aerial phenomena, but that doesn't mean UFOs are alien spacecraft. January 16, 2018 |
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Where in the Worlds has SETI Institute Been? - Jan 01, 2017 - Jan 07, 2018 A roundup of SETI Institute in the media. January 12, 2018 |
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January 11, 2018 Unistellar to receive CES 2018 Innovation Award for smart, powerful, crowd-funded consumer telescope After a busy and productive 2017, Unistellar is back at CES in Las Vegas to receive the 2018 Innovation Award for its eVscope, a compact, connected, and incredibly powerful consumer telescope that raised an astonishing $2.2 million in a November 2017 Kickstarter campaign. |
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January 11, 2018 Possible Lava Tube Skylights Discovered Near the North Pole of the Moon The SETI Institute and the Mars Institute announced today the discovery of small pits in a large crater near the North Pole of the Moon, which may be entrances to an underground network of lava tubes. |
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Where in the Worlds has SETI Institute Been? - Dec 11, 2017 - Jan 1, 2018 A roundup of SETI Institute in the media. January 03, 2018 |
News and Announcements
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SETI Institute is Hiring - Executive Assistant The SETI Institute is seeking an Executive Assistant to provide high level administrative support to the President/CEO, and the Management team. |
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Orbiter Detects Changing Climate on Early Mars The early Martian climate remains hotly debated by scientists because the surface mineralogy and morphology indicate abundant liquid water was present, while atmospheric modeling is challenged to create conditions supportive of liquid water on the surface of early Mars. |
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Let’s be careful about this “SETI” signal Several readers have contacted me recently about reports that a group of international astronomers have detected a strong signal coming from a distant star that could be a sign of a high-technology civilization. |
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Hear me now? 'Strong signal' from sun-like star sparks alien speculation - CNN news An international team of researchers is now examining the radio signal and its star, HD 164595 -- described in a paper by Italian astronomer Claudio Maccone and others as a "strong candidate for SETI" -- in the hopes of determining its origin. |
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SETI is hopeful yet skeptical that Russians found aliens - SETI Talks in Aug 30, 2016 The world of astronomy lit up in the past couple of days with a report that Russian astronomers may have received a signal from a distant star. |
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September 24, 2016 - International Space Orchestra and Sigur Ros Blending space science, planet-poking and bluegrass-playing spacecraft operators, the world’s first orchestra composed of space scientists – the International Space Orchestra (ISO) - is coming together to perform as the supporting act to Sigur Rós at the Hollywood Bowl on 24th September 2016, Los Angeles, CA, USA. |
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Aliens on Line 1 We thought we had found E.T. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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