The WFIRST/AFTA astrophysics mission: bigger and better for exoplanets
Tom Greene, NASA Ames Abstract: The Wide Field InfRared Survey Telescope mission is the highest priority large space project recommended by the 2010 ...
SETI Institute
von Neumann probes, Dyson spheres, exploratory engineering and the Fermi paradox
von Neumann probes and Dyson spheres: what exploratory engineering can tell us about the Fermi paradox Talk by Stuart Armstrong, at the Oxford physics ...
FHIOxford
The Cepheid Galactic Internet - Tony Zee (SETI Talks)
Tony Zee talks about a proposal that a sufficiently advanced civilization may employ Cepheid variable stars as beacons to transmit all-call information ...
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Finding Large Extraterrestrial Civilizations with the WISE Telescope
If alien civilizations exist throughout the universe, many have had billions of years to develop technology, expand their population and energy supplies, and ...
SETI Institute
Pascal Lee - MISSION TO PHOBOS AND DEIMOS: Exploring the Moons of Mars (SETI Talks)
After five decades of spacecraft exploration of the Solar System, the origin of two moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos, remains a perplexing mystery. Are they a) ...
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New SETI strategies - Seth Shostak (SETI Talks)
If you like this talk, please help us out by completing this survey: http://abrown.seti.org/survey SETI Talk Archives: http://seti.org/talks SETI continues to embroider ...
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Dark Energy from the Largest Galaxy Maps - David Schlegel (SETI Talks)
Speaker: David Schlegel, UC Berkeley Abstract: Dark energy is a phenomena causing the Universe to expand more rapidly than can be explained by Einstein's ...
SETI Institute
Ultra-lightweight Probes to Catalyze Interstellar Exploration - John Rather (SETI Talks)
John Rather, RCIG Based on present space science and engineering, interstellar travel remains highly unlikely. Applying synergistic emerging technologies to ...
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Is Planetary Defense Feasible - DE-STAR: A Planetary Defense and Exploration System - Lubin
Speaker: Philip Lubin (UCSB) Abstract: Dr. Lubin will discuss how his team has proposed an orbital planetary defense system that is capable of beamed power ...
SETI Institute
A WISE search for large extraterrestrial civilizations: a complementary approach to traditional SETI
Speaker: Jason T. Wright, Penn. State University Slides: http://www2.astro.psu.edu/%7Ejtwright/Dyson/SETI.pdf Abstract: If alien civilizations exist throughout the ...
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Search for Habitable Exoplanets - Sara Seager (SETI Talks)
SETI Talks archive: http://seti.org/talks For centuries people have wondered, "Are we alone?" With hundreds of planets now known to orbit other stars, we are ...
SETI Institute
Why Do We Seem So Alone In the Cosmos?
Wonderfest 2008: Geoff Marcy, Professor of Astronomy, UC Berkeley Dan Werthimer, SETI@home Chief Scientist, UC Berkeley.
Wonderfest Science
The Quest for Contact: NASA's Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
This video details the history and current efforts of NASA's Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence program. The video explains the use of radiotelescopes to ...
NASA STI Program
