High-energy SETI pushes astrobiology to its limits, testing the most fundamental needs of life and the most extreme limits of technology.
Intelligence & Language
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Intelligence & Language, Press Release, SETI & Technosignatures
Technosignature Searches With Real-time Alert Brokers
We present an exploration of technosignature research that is possible using real-time alert brokers from surveys such as the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) and the upcoming Legacy Survey of Space […]
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Citizen Science / Open Science, Intelligence & Language, Interstellar, SETI & Technosignatures, Status Report
SETI@home: Data Analysis and Findings
SETI@home is a radio Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) project that looks for technosignatures in data recorded at the Arecibo Observatory.
Posted inGaia - Planetary Perspectives, Intelligence & Language, Press Release, ROVs/Submersibles/Diving, SETI & Technosignatures, Societal Issues, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
WhaleSETI: Curious Humpback Whales Approach Humans And Blow Nubble “Smoke” Rings
A team of scientists from the SETI Institute and the University of California at Davis documented, for the first time, humpback whales producing large bubble rings, like a human smoker […]
Posted inAI - Data - Apps - Cybernetics, Intelligence & Language, SETI & Technosignatures, Status Report
An Exploratory Framework for Future SETI Applications: Detecting Generative Reactivity via Language Models
We present an exploratory framework to test whether noise-like input can induce structured responses in language models.
Posted inAlpha Centauri, Astronomy & Telescopes, Barnard's Star, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Intelligence & Language, SETI & Technosignatures, Status Report
Simulation Of The Earth’s Radio Leakage From Mobile Towers As Seen From Selected Nearby Stellar Systems
Mobile communication towers represent a relatively new but growing contributor to the total radio leakage associated with planet Earth.
Posted inBiosignatures & Paleobiology, Intelligence & Language, Interstellar, SETI & Technosignatures, Status Report
Using Anomaly Detection To Search For Technosignatures In Breakthrough Listen Observations
We implement a machine learning algorithm to search for extra-terrestrial technosignatures in radio observations of several hundred nearby stars, obtained with the Parkes and Green Bank Telescopes by the Breakthrough […]
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Intelligence & Language, SETI & Technosignatures, Status Report
Quantifying The Fermi Paradox Via Passive SETI: A General Framework
In this paper we consider the extent to which a lack of observations from SETI may be used to quantify the Fermi paradox.
Posted inAstrochemistry, Astronomy & Telescopes, Biochemistry & Organic Chemistry, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Biophysics, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Intelligence & Language, Status Report
Formation Of The Glycine Isomer Glycolamide (NH2C(O)CH2OH) On The Surfaces Of Interstellar Ice Grains: Insights From Atomistic Simulations
Syn-glycolamide, a glycine isomer, has recently been detected in the G+0.693-0.027 molecular cloud. Investigations on its formation in the interstellar medium could offer insights into synthetic routes leading to glycine […]
Posted inAI - Data - Apps - Cybernetics, Intelligence & Language, Societal Issues, Status Report, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
SETI Tech On Earth: DolphinGemma: How Google AI Is Helping Decode Dolphin Communication
DolphinGemma, a large language model developed by Google, is helping scientists study how dolphins communicate — and hopefully find out what they’re saying, too.