Citizen Scientists Break Supernova Observation Record!

SETI Talks, our monthly public talk series, is on hiatus for the summer and will return in the fall. We’re taking advantage of the break to think about ways to improve these events. Some of you have already shared ideas with me, but we always love to hear your thoughts. What would be your dream SETI Talks? Email me at?[email protected] . In the meantime, there’s a link to a video of our June SETI Talks below – Unveiling ‘Oumuamua and its Mysterious Visit to Our Solar System.

NASA just released a new JWST image to celebrate the telescope’s one-year anniversary, and it’s another stunner, showing a star birth in the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex, the closest star-forming region to Earth. Link below!

Cheers to all you Earthlings,

Rebecca

Record-Breaking Team of Citizen Scientists Contribute Data on Pinwheel Galaxy Supernova

In an unprecedented achievement, citizen scientists have set a new record for the SETI Institute and Unistellar, comprising the highest number of observers providing data on a single event. Amateur astronomers participating in the SETI Institute’s and Unistellar’s Cosmic Cataclysms program conducted a groundbreaking observation of supernova (SN) 2023ixf.

SETI Talks Replay: Unveiling 'Oumuamua and its Mysterious Visit to Our Solar System

We are thrilled to present a thought-provoking panel discussion, with two distinguished speakers,?Jennifer Bergner?and?Olivier Hainaut, who will shed light on the true nature of this celestial phenomenon alongside Berger’s recent research published in?Nature.

Historic Ports of the Western Seaboard

Swan Hellenic's Explore Space at Sea Series features SETI Institute guest lecturer to share expert insights into the history and latest scientific discoveries. The next expedition will include SETI Institute Astrobiologist?Dr. Margaret Turnbull, Historic Ports of the Western Seaboard, August 8-17, 2023.

SETI Live Replay: Building Block for Life Found: Phosphates Discovered in Enceladus' Plumes

The search for life beyond Earth received a slight boost from new research published in Nature this month. Scientists working with data collected by NASA's Cassini mission to Saturn discovered evidence of phosphates in ice particles ejected via cryovolcanism into the E-ring structure by the tiny moon Enceladus. With?Frank Postberg, a planetary scientist at Freie Universit?t Berlin.

A Sign in Space: Electronic Literature

This workshop is hosted by Professors Scott Rettberg and Joseph Tabbi of the Center for Digital Narrative will explore the potentialities of electronic literature (e-lit) for the reception and interpretation of extraterrestrial communication.

PPOD: Week of July 3, 2023

Welcome to our weekly recap of our Planetary Picture of the Day (PPOD) for the week of July 3. Saturn shines in the infrared, a pair of pictures from the ISS, and views of Mars and its moon Deimos.

Big Picture Science: Dinosaurs' Last Gasp

Check out this podcast from?Big Picture Science, hosted by Seth Shostak and Molly Bentley,?Dinosaurs' Last Gasp. Can we find physical evidence of the last day of the dinosaurs? The fossilized fish in a rock formation in South Dakota may chronicle the dramatic events that took place when, 66 million years ago, a large asteroid slammed into the Gulf of Mexico and caused three-quarters of all species to disappear.

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