[astro-ph.IM] Art and science collaborations that go beyond outreach and advertisement in service of science have the potential to unlock new ways of seeing and understanding the Universe that science […]
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Indigenizing The Drake Equation: How Indigenous Methods Can Help Us Understand Life In The Milky Way Galaxy
[astro-ph.IM] The Drake Equation is a thought experiment whose purpose is to understand the ingredients necessary for life and advanced technological civilizations to exist on other worlds in our galaxy.
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EAI Seminar: Moral Habitability For Human Space Exploration
The next EAI seminar will be on Tuesday 21 April 16:00: “Moral habitability for human space exploration”
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Astrobiology On Steroids
Well … it would seem that NASA will be paying more attention to Astrobiology now.
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Intelligence & Language, Interstellar, Press Release, SETI & Technosignatures, Societal Issues
If Alien Signals Reached Earth, Why Haven’t We Seen Them?
Since the first SETI experiment in 1960, astronomers have scanned the Milky Way for signs of advanced extraterrestrial civilizations. These searches have covered radio waves, optical flashes, and infrared heat […]
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SETI/CETI Tricorder Tech: Tapping Into Whale Talk
Say you want to listen in on a group of super-intelligent aliens whose language you don’t understand, and whose spaceship only flies by Earth once an hour. It’s not unlike […]
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Birdy X AbGradCon 2025
Editor’s note: from the issue 138.5 special edition of Birdy Magazine: “We are proud and honored to collaborate with Birdy Magazine on this science-meets-art issue, created as part of the […]
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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.
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Reflections On The Voyager Record
Editor’s note: In 1977 The twin Voyager spacecraft left Earth. They are now in interstellar space. On board are two records containing imagery and music representing humanity. Below are two […]
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Public Discussion: Astrobiology And Life, The Cosmos, The Human Story
How does the search for life in the Universe shape the way we see ourselves—and our future? You are warmly invited to join NASA Astrobiology and the Library of Congress […]