NANOGRAV's 15-Year Journey Reveals a Cosmic Hum

After last week’s tragic event and the loss of the Titanic submersible and its passengers, including SETI Institute trustee Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman, we are taking time to remember our friend and colleague and focus on the work he believed was so important.

One of our newer endeavors is a Community College Internship program. Two students, both from Evergreen Valley Community College recently completed a successful semester: Shuhul Mujoo, who worked with Dr. Uma Gorti and Theo Chawla, who worked with Dr. Douglas Caldwell. Congrats to both on a successful semester! For those of you living in areas experiencing extreme heat this week, or those being impacted by wildfire smoke, please stay safe!

Cheers to all you Earthlings,

Rebecca

NANOGRAV's 15-Year Journey Reveals a Cosmic Hum

Gravitational waves play a cosmic symphony as they pass through our galaxy. Today the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav) Physics Frontiers Center released the results of 15 years of data in a set of papers published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. This research is the first evidence of gravitational waves at very low frequencies.

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.

Planetary Protection, Mars and the Search for Life

Dr. Nathalie Cabrol, Director of the SETI Institute's Carl Sagan Center, joins us live from the Global Exploration Summit in Portugal. Last week Cabrol was co-author on a comment published in Nature Astronomy that explored the implications and potential scientific impacts on increased activity on Mars, specifically, human-crewed missions. How will the presence of people on Mars affect the search for past or present life and what planetary protection measures will be required to protect the integrity of scientific research as well as life here on Earth when crews return? Hosted by Dr. Simon Steel, Deputy Director of the SETI Institute's Carl Sagan Center.

Titanic Submersible and Crew Lost

It is with great sadness that we learned of the loss of our dear friend and Trustee,?Shahzada Dawood?and his 19-year-old son,?Suleman, both of whom were aboard the Titan submersible that lost contact with its surface vessel.

Signs in Space ?with Daniela de Paulis

Join “A Sign in Space” Artistic Director?Daniela de Paulis?in a lively and thought provoking brainstorming session about the possible meaning of the simulated extra-terrestrial message created for the project. The workshop will start by reading some excerpts from Italo Calvino’s book “Cosmicomics” and will continue with a conversation with the workshop’s participants on possible forms of communication attempted by an extraterrestrial civilization with human and non-human life forms.

Week of June 19, 2023

Welcome to our weekly recap of our Planetary Picture of the Day (PPOD) for the week of June 19. Lighting on Jupiter, phytoplankton blooms on Earth, and a celebration of Sally Ride's first space flight.

Made for Mars

Check out this podcast from?Big Picture Science, hosted by Seth Shostak and Molly Bentley,?Made for Mars. NASA is studying more than 800 sightings of unidentified objects in our sky as part of its investigation into the UFO phenomenon. We get an update on the agency’s study in a conversation with a member of the NASA UAP panel.

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