By positioning a handful of #SpaceTelescopes 🔭 with 1-meter mirrors at the focus of the solar ☀️ lens, astronomers could capture a rich, 800-by-800-pixel image of an #exoplanet 🪐. This focus is more than 550 times farther from the Sun than Earth—three times the distance #NASA’s #Voyager 1 has traveled in its nearly 50-year trip. The full mission could fly by 📆 2034, would involve half a dozen spacecraft traveling three times as fast https://www.science.org/content/article/sun-s-gravitational-lens-could-reveal-alien-planets-surfaces
#SETI
Intelligent life may be far more uncommon than once assumed. In a recent SETI Live discussion, Deputy Director of the Carl Sagan Center Dr. Simon Steel spoke with Dr. Manuel Scherf and Dr. Helmut Lammer of the Austrian Academy of Sciences to examine new models of planetary habitability. Their analysis revisits what “Earth-like” actually means, incorporating atmospheric chemistry, stellar radiation, and long-term planetary evolution.
Learn more: https://www.seti.org/news/earth-2-maybe-not/
We didn't find answers in 2025, but UFO researchers say the search continues. Via @spacedotcom #Space #Astrophysics #Astronomy #SETI 🚀 🌌 ☄️
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We didn't find answers in 2025...
Intelligent life may be far more uncommon than once assumed. In a recent SETI Live discussion, Deputy Director of the Carl Sagan Center Dr. Simon Steel spoke with Dr. Manuel Scherf and Dr. Helmut Lammer of the Austrian Academy of Sciences to examine new models of planetary habitability. Their analysis revisits what “Earth-like” actually means, incorporating atmospheric chemistry, stellar radiation, and long-term planetary evolution.
Learn more: https://www.seti.org/news/earth-2-maybe-not/
Big Picture Science for Dec. 22, 2025: Movie Mayhem
Science fiction movies force us to face a multitude of end-of-the-world scenarios. Whether the final curtain is dropped by rampaging aliens, killer rocks from space, or virus-infected zombies, these big screen glimpses of a dystopian future are as tantalizing as they are frightening. But one American city seems to be a favorite backdrop for stories of mass destruction. We speak with a cultural critic about why New York City is often the chosen setting for disaster films, and what dystopian fiction reveals about our shifting anxieties about humanity’s future no matter where we live.
Movies discussed include Deep Impact, Escape from New York, Planet of the Apes, King Kong, Cloverfield, Deluge, Failsafe, The Day After Tomorrow, AI: Artificial Intelligence, Contagion, I Am Legend, and Seth’s very own short film: The Turkey that Ate St. Louis
Guest:
* Dan Saltzstein – Deputy Editor for Projects and Collaborations, New York Times
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First Contact With an Alien Civilization Could Be 'Loud'. Here's Why. Via @sciencealert #Space #Astrophysics #OrbitalMechanics #Astronomy #SETI 🚀 🌌 ☄️ 🛰️
First Contact With an Alien Ci...
Dr. Lauren Sgro is a Postdoctoral Fellow focused on exoplanet research, working with citizen scientists to observe exoplanet transits through the Unistellar Network.
The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS was discovered on July 1, 2025. There is currently no evidence to suggest that it is anything other than a natural astrophysical object. However, given the small number of such objects known (only three to date), and the plausibility of interstellar probes as a technosignature (a sign of extraterrestrial intelligence), a thorough study is warranted.
#Seti sollte lieber nach mitfühlenden und nicht nach intelligentem Leben suchen. Aber vielleicht wäre die Erfolgschance dann Null.
Interstellar comet 3I/Atlas coming around for one last chance for Avi Loeb to grasp some attention, the PT Barnum fuck that he is....
Saturn's largest moon may be riddled with 'slushy tunnels' that contain alien life, new study hints. Via @live_science #Space #Astrophysics #OrbitalMechanics #Astronomy #SETI 🚀 🌌 ☄️ 🛰️
Saturn's largest moon may be r...
REMINDER: We are currently accepting applications to the Mino Postdoctoral Fellowship. This research program offers an exceptional opportunity for talented early-career scientists worldwide to contribute significant advances in the following fields:
➡️ Origins of life and prebiotic chemistry
➡️ Biophysics and the nature of life
➡️ Planetary habitability and environmental limits on life
➡️ Coevolution of life and planetary environments across spatiotemporal scales
Dr. Marziye Jafariyazani is a Data Scientist for NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) Mission at the SETI Institute, where she is part of the Science Processing Operations Center (SPOC) for the TESS mission at NASA’s Ames Research Center.
Rocky Planets May Make Life’s Precursor, RNA, All across the Universe. Via @scientific_american #Space #Astrophysics #OrbitalMechanics #Astronomy #SETI 🚀 🌌 ☄️ 🛰️ #Science 🔭🔬🧪🥼🧑🔬
Rocky Planets May Make Life’s ...
A new moon. An interstellar comet. An intriguing biosignature. An advance in signal detection. And so much more!
Across the SETI Institute, this year brought remarkable progress in our search for life and our understanding of the cosmos. We developed new techniques, expanded our datasets, and made discoveries that will shape the work ahead in meaningful ways.
I segnali alieni che stiamo cercando potrebbero non essere messaggi di benvenuto, ma sintomi di civiltà in crisi. L'ipotesi escatologica di David Kipping suggerisce che le tecnofirme più forti arrivino da società instabili o terminali, proprio come il segnale Wow! del 1977: forte, isolato, mai più ripetuto. Non una chiamata, forse solo un ultimo residuo prima del silenzio.
https://www.futuroprossimo.it/2025/12/segnali-alieni-perche-il-primo-contatto-sara-un-addio
Big Picture Science for Dec. 15, 2025: The Best Things in Life are Tree(s)
REPEAT
While humans were leaving the Stone Age and entering the Bronze, some Bristlecone pine trees grew from seeds to sprouts. They’ve been growing ever since. These 5,000-year-old pines are among the oldest organisms on Earth. Superlatives are also appropriate for the towering redwoods.
Trees are amazing in many ways. They provide us with timber and cool us with shade, they sequester carbon and release oxygen, and are home to countless species. But they are also marvels of evolutionary adaptation. We consider the beauty and diversity of trees, and learn why their future is intertwined with ours.
Guests:
* Kevin Dixon - Naturalist at The East Bay Regional Park District, Oakland, California
* Daniel Lewis - Environmental historian and senior curator for the History of Science and Technology at the Huntington Library, art museum and botanical gardens in Pasadena, California, professor of the natural sciences and the environment at Caltech, and author of “Twelve Trees: The Deep Roots of our Future”
Originally aired January 20, 2025
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Can scientists detect life without knowing what it looks like? Research using machine learning offers a new way. Via @sciencex.physorg #Space #Astrophysics #OrbitalMechanics #Astronomy #SETI 🚀 🌌 ☄️ 🛰️ #Science 🔭🔬🧪🥼🧑🔬
Can scientists detect life wit...
Robert Powell discusses his new paper, "Evolving Paradigms in the Search for Advanced Extraterrestrial Intelligence", which argues the #UAP phenomenon requires a paradigm shift in how #SETI searches for advanced life beyond Earth. FULL INTERVIEW: https://youtu.be/cUCU1u47LQk
[Reseña] SETI: vamos a buscar vida inteligente
Reconozco que uno de los juegos que más me llamó la atención de la pasada edición de ESSEN SPIEL’24 fue SETI. La gente lanzó opiniones bastante positivas y nosotros no podíamos evitar también probarlo.
Aunque el juego salió a finales de 2024, no ha sido hasta 202
https://www.elcornetin.es/blog/juegos/juegos-de-mesa/resena-seti-vamos-a-buscar-vida-inteligente/
#JuegosDeMesa #CGE #Devir #GalaxyTrucker #JuegoDeMesa #JuegoDeTablero #Seti
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