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Our Boldest Effort to Answer our Oldest Question: Breakthrough-Listen Search for Intelligent Life

Our Boldest Effort to Answer our Oldest Question: Breakthrough-Listen Search for Intelligent Life

FromSilicon Valley Astronomy Lectures


Our Boldest Effort to Answer our Oldest Question: Breakthrough-Listen Search for Intelligent Life

FromSilicon Valley Astronomy Lectures

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Length:
85 minutes
Released:
Feb 19, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

For centuries, humans have gazed at the night sky and wondered if any intelligent life forms like us might be out there.  In 2015, the Breakthrough Foundation gave a $100 million grant to the University of California at Berkeley to undertake the most comprehensive search for signals from an extra-terrestrial civilization. Dr. Steve Croft, of the University of California, Berkeley, SETI Center,  describes the project, introduces the many radio telescopes around the world it is using in the search, and explains how modern technology, including AI, is being used to  include more stars, more frequencies (channels) and more ways a signal might be sent.
Released:
Feb 19, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (45)

Listen to exciting, non-technical talks on some of the most interesting developments in astronomy and space science. Founded in 1999, the Silicon Valley Astronomy Lectures are presented on six Wednesday evenings during each school year at Foothill College, in the heart of California's Silicon Valley. Speakers include a wide range of noted scientists, explaining astronomical developments in everyday language. The series is organized and moderated by Foothill's astronomy instructor emeritus Andrew Fraknoi and jointly sponsored by the Foothill College Physical Science, Math, and Engineering Division, the SETI Institute, the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, and the University of California Observatories (including the Lick Observatory.)