(Guardian Science) – Emma Beddington:
Austrian astronomer Lisa Kaltenegger has spent her life hunting for signs of life in the universe. Here she talks about aliens, space exploration and why studying cosmology is like eating pizza. …
Posts Tagged ‘SETI’
Alien Earths
2024-05-01
Are Aliens Real?
2023-06-08(Planetary) – Kate Howells:
The more we learn about the Cosmos — from the planets and moons in our Solar System to the great expanse beyond — the more confident we become that alien life must be out there.
The observable Universe may contain 2 trillion or more galaxies. Our Milky Way galaxy alone is thought to contain at least 100 billion stars. There is a mind-boggling number of worlds — 20 sextillion, or 20 billion trillion — to consider when asking whether we’re alone. …
With every mission to explore another world, every space telescope peering at a distant star system, and every radio telescope listening for signals from another civilization, we Earthlings are learning more about the Cosmos we inhabit, and in doing so, about ourselves and where we come from. And even if we never find other life forms beyond our planet, there’s comfort in knowing that in the vastness of the Universe, we’re almost certainly not alone. …
Aliens And Religion: Where Two Worlds Collide
2023-05-05(OnlySky) – Jonathan MS Pearce:
Does our place in the cosmos sit alongside other intelligences out there? What does this say about our story and our religions? …
Jonathan MS Pearce and Dr. Aaron Adair’s book Aliens and Religion: Where Two Worlds Collide – Assessing the Impact of Discovering Extraterrestrial Intelligence on Religion and Theology is out. …
Anybody Out There?
2022-07-13(OnlySky) – Rick Snedeker:
Even if cosmic alien beings exist “out there” somewhere in space, the search for extraterrestrials is almost certain to disappoint. …
29 Planets Where Aliens Could Observe Earth
2021-06-25(Guardian::Science) – Ian Sample:
Astronomers estimate 29 habitable planets are positioned to see Earth transit and intercept human broadcasts. …
‘Oumuamua Not a Spacecraft
2017-12-15(Guardian Space) – Ian Sample:
The first scans for alien technology aboard a mysterious object that is barreling through the solar system have found no evidence it is the work of an intelligent civilisation. …
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Alien Spacecraft Oumuamua?
2017-12-13(Independent) – Andrew Griffin:
The Breakthrough Listen team is using the Green Bank radio telescope in West Virginia, US, to study Oumuamua, which is named after the Hawaian term for “scout” or “messenger”. …
Is There Anybody Out There?
2017-11-19(Planetary Blogs) – Jason Davis:
The past, present and future of SETI, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence …
How to Look For Aliens
2016-10-28(Starts With A Bang!) – Ethan Siegel:
SETI is searching for the same signals humans were producing in the 1960s. Wouldn’t aliens do better? …
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Are we looking for ET all wrong?
2015-10-05(Starts With A Bang!) – Ethan Siegel:
Is looking for radio transmissions in space like claiming the lack of smoke signals means there are no modern humans? …
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No Place Like Home
2014-03-11(Phenomena::No Place Like Home) – Nadia Drake:
Named after a character in L. Frank Baum’s Oz series, Project Ozma was the first scientific search for extraterrestrial intelligent life. From April to July, 1960, astronomers in Green Bank, West Virginia monitored two nearby, sun-like stars for artificial radio signals – signs that an interstellar intelligence inhabited Earth’s starry skies, that humans were not adrift in an incessantly quiet cosmic ocean.
The entire endeavor cost $2,000. …
Aliens ‘may be thinking machines’
2010-08-23(BBC News) – SETI, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, has until now sought radio signals from worlds like Earth.
But SETI astronomer Seth Shostak argues that the time between aliens developing radio technology and artificial intelligence (AI) would be short. …
Europäisches Superteleskop sucht auch nach Außerirdischen
2010-04-13(Heise online) – Bei der Jahrestagung der britischen Royal Astronomical Society in Glasgow hat John McKean vom niederländischen Institut für Radioastronomie ASTRON erste Beobachtungsergebnisse des neuen Radioobservatoriums LOFAR (Low Frequency Array) vorgestellt. Obwohl das Observatorium noch gar nicht komplett ist, zeigt sich der Astronom von der Qualität der Daten beeindruckt …
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