Listening for Aliens, with Carolyn Porco - StarTalk All-Stars

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Listening for Aliens, with Carolyn Porco - StarTalk All-Stars

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Explore SETI and the Breakthrough Listen Initiative, the most comprehensive search for extraterrestrial intelligence ever, with host Carolyn Porco, co-host Chuck Nice, and Dan Werthimer, the Initiative’s principal investigator and SETI@home co-founder.

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