In an exciting leap forward for astronomy, researchers at the Breakthrough Listen initiative, in partnership with NVIDIA, have achieved a groundbreaking advancement in the search for Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs), […]
SETI & Technosignatures
Posted inAtmospheres, Climate, Weather, Habitable Zones, Intelligence & Language, Origin & Evolution of Life, SETI & Technosignatures, Status Report
A Reassessment Of The “hard-steps” Model For The Evolution Of Intelligent Life
According to the “hard-steps” model, the origin of humanity required “successful passage through a number of intermediate steps” (so-called “hard steps”) that were intrinsically improbable in the time available for […]
Posted inAI - Data - Apps - Cybernetics, Astronomy & Telescopes, Press Release, SETI & Technosignatures
SETI Institute Accelerates the Search for Life Beyond Earth with NVIDIA IGX Thor
The SETI Institute announced that it will incorporate the new NVIDIA IGX Thor platform to enhance its real-time search for signals from space at the Allen Telescope Array (ATA) in […]
Posted inAstrobiology (general), NASA Astrobiology Program, People Of Astrobiology, Press Release, SETI & Technosignatures
SETI Pioneer Jill Tarter Awarded Fellows Medal by California Academy of Sciences
The SETI Institute announced today that the California Academy of Sciences has awarded its highest honor, the Fellows Medal, to Dr. Jill Tarter, SETI Institute co-founder and Bernard M. Oliver […]
Posted inImaging & Spectroscopy, Intelligence & Language, SETI & Technosignatures, Status Report
A Cost-Effective Search for Extraterrestrial Probes in the Solar System
For centuries, astronomers have discussed the possibility of inhabited worlds – from Herschel’s 18th-century observations suggesting Mars may host life, to the systematic search for technosignatures that began in the […]
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Atmospheres, Climate, Weather, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Intelligence & Language, SETI & Technosignatures, Status Report
Wind Power As A Technosignature On M-dwarf Planets
We suggest that the large-scale deployment of wind turbines on an M-dwarf planet could produce observable technosignatures.
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Astrochemistry, Astrogeology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Education and Outreach, Nomenclature, Systematics, Natural History, Reports, Roadmaps, & Plans, SETI & Technosignatures, Space Life Science
How Do YOU Say “Astrobiology”?
Editor’s note: I asked Grok to tell me how to say “astrobiology” in the top 100 languages spoken on Earth. The response I got back from Grok is below. “Astrobiology” […]
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Astronomy & Telescopes, Intelligence & Language, Interstellar, Science Fiction, SETI & Technosignatures, Societal Issues, Status Report
SETI Post-Detection Protocols: Progress Towards A New Version
The International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) SETI Committee has long provided guiding principles for responding to a potential detection of a SETI signal.
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Intelligence & Language, Interstellar, SETI & Technosignatures, Status Report
Artificial Broadcasts as Galactic Populations: III. Constraints on Radio Broadcasts from the Cosmic Population of Inhabited Galaxies
Any population of artificial radio broadcasts in a galaxy contributes to its integrated radio luminosity.
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Intelligence & Language, Interstellar, SETI & Technosignatures, Status Report
Artificial Broadcasts as Galactic Populations: II. Comparing Individualist and Collective Bounds on Broadcast Populations in Single Galaxies
The search for extraterrestrial intelligence includes efforts to constrain populations of artificial broadcasts in other galaxies.