Unistellar Announces the ENVISION Smart Binoculars: A Revolutionary Tool for Astronomy and Outreach
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Last week, Unistellar, an innovative company in optical devices and a partner of the SETI Institute since the release of their user-friendly smart telescope in 2017, announced the launch of a groundbreaking new product: the ENVISION Smart Binoculars. This new device will captivate stargazers and outdoor enthusiasts, serving as an excellent instrument for outreach and scientific expeditions.
Franck Marchis Receives 2024 Carl Sagan Center Director's Award at Drake Awards Ceremony
The SETI Institute recently hosted the prestigious 2024 Drake Awards, celebrating exceptional contributions to SETI and astrobiology. Dr. Andrew Siemion was honored for his pioneering work in SETI and radio astronomy alongside the 2024 SETI Forward recipients. Dr. Franck Marchis, a planetary astronomer known for research on exoplanets and asteroids with moons, was awarded the Carl Sagan Center Director's Award. Marchis co-founded and is Chief Scientific Officer for Unistellar, fostering a global community of over 12,000 citizen astronomers. He is also a core member of the SETI Institute's outreach team, hosting the weekly social media livestream SETI Live and the public lecture series SETI Talks. He frequently engages with leading media outlets to explain complex science to the public.
Keeping an Eye on Comet A3, the Next Naked-Eye Comet Candidate
In early 2023, a new comet took stargazers by surprise. Called Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinan-Atlas), this icy visitor was discovered by two separate observatories in South Africa and China. Hailing from the distant Oort Cloud, Comet A3 had scientists and amateurs alike wondering if it would be the next naked-eye comet to light our skies, but it was still too early to tell last year. As 2024 unfolds, we eagerly anticipate whether Comet A3 will deliver the breathtaking celestial display we have all been hoping for!
SETI AIR Program: Call for Submissions
The SETI AIR program expands upon the SETI Institute's mission to explore the origin and prevalence of life and intelligence in the universe and to share this knowledge with the world. The SETI AIR program connects contemporary artists with SETI Institute researchers and facilitates an exchange of ideas to catalyze new perspectives, insights, and modes of comprehension.
SETI AIR Newsletter - May 2024
This year, the SETI AIR program is launching a series of new residencies, each focused on a discipline, or “territory,” of creative practice. The first residency off the starting block is Cosmic Consciousness, which interweaves language and the written word with the exploration of consciousness and intelligence. Right now, the “I” in SETI is a placeholder for technology, as we’re searching the cosmos for technosignatures. But - what does “intelligence” actually mean? Poets, authors, and philosophers are uniquely suited to delve into this existentialist question. I look forward to seeing this residency come to life. - Bettina Forget
Upcoming Expedition on a Swan Hellenic Cruise Ship to the High Arctic of Svalbard
Discover the rarely visited High Arctic. Sail from Troms? through the wilderness of Bear Island, and explore the icy landscapes of the Svalbard archipelago. Marvel at the Monacobreen Glacier, listen to Alkefjellet’s bird cliff, and take in Svingeldalen’s vistas. Cruise around Cape Lee and Dolerittneset before venturing to Koefoedodden on Hopen Island. Then stop at the village of Skarsv?g before heading to Alta, 'the city of the Northern Lights'.
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ICYMI - SETI Institute in the News: April Roundup
The SETI Institute frequently appears in news stories due to its essential contributions to space science and exploration. Dive into our April roundup, a collection of highlighted articles from different sources that illustrate the wide range of fields in which our scientists are excelling. Join us as we delve into uncharted oceans, reveal the mysteries of ancient ice, and discover how a humpback whale named Twain could revolutionize interstellar communication!
SETI Live Replay - Exploring Hydrothermal Vents: Earth's Deep Ocean as a Model for Alien Worlds
The INVADER project researches ways to improve life detection in ocean worlds by studying alien worlds in Earth’s deep ocean. We seek to understand how we can detect life in the deep ocean here on Earth with flight-ready instruments (e.g., can go on a space flight mission). The deep ocean is a testing ground to help us validate what data collected by these instruments could tell us about life if we deployed them to the seafloor of an ocean world. To this end, in 2021, Laura Rodriguez (LPI) and Pablo Sobron (SETI Institute) traveled to Axial Seamount in the Pacific Ocean to place some microbial traps at low temperature (~23 C) vents to help us understand whether we could reliably detect that life with our instruments.
Planetary Picture of the Day - Week of May 20, 2024
This week, we bring you a grab bag of images: Mars, Mimas, a massive Jovian storm... and the aurora as seen from Italy.
Big Picture Science: Skeptic Check: Feeling Risky
How feelings guide decision-making. It’s not just facts that inform our decisions. They’re also guided by how those facts feel. From deciding whether to buckle our seat belts to addressing climate change, how we regard risk is subjective. In this extended conversation with an expert on the psychology of risk, find out about our exaggerated fears, as well as risks we don’t take seriously enough. Meanwhile, while experts warn society about the dangers of self-aware AI – are those warnings being heeded?
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