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04-02-2021
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(Colloquium) SETI: Going beyond a signal search

Submitter: Seth Shostak
Description: It has been nearly 60 years since the first attempt to sift the skies for radio signals that would betray the existence of intelligent beings beyond Earth. So far, nothing has been heard.

Why? Could it be that we simply need to give these experiments more time to examine additional star systems? Or should we put more emphasis on other strategies?

In this talk, we discuss the fundamental assumptions that underlie our current SETI searches, and how we might expand our efforts to lessen their inherent limitations. What else should we be doing to look for E.T?

In the meantime, to celebrate our long connection with today's speaker, here is a link to one of his notable contributions to Dutch astronomy: https://www.astron.nl/pulsars/video/shostak/Onderzoek_van_de_Melkweg.1500kbps.mp4

Copyright: CC-BY-NC-SA; Image credit: Seth Shostak
 
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