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Message 1239946 - Posted: 2 Jun 2012, 4:24:40 UTC

BBC News website just put out this story, noting that the first use of a new SETI technique known as Very Long Baseline Interferometry has turned up no signal from Gliese 581; it mentions a comment from Seth SHostak from the SETI Institute, although no mention of SETI@home as such. Here is the link, if I can code it in here:

No signal from targeted ET hunt
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Message 1240012 - Posted: 2 Jun 2012, 6:00:14 UTC - in response to Message 1239946.  
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It says Not Found here. But my Firefox Latest headlines gets it.
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Message 1240119 - Posted: 2 Jun 2012, 12:30:44 UTC - in response to Message 1239946.  

BBC News website just put out this story, noting that the first use of a new SETI technique known as Very Long Baseline Interferometry has turned up no signal from Gliese 581; it mentions a comment from Seth SHostak from the SETI Institute, although no mention of SETI@home as such. Here is the link, if I can code it in here:

No signal from targeted ET hunt

Use this link...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18288926
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Message 1240133 - Posted: 2 Jun 2012, 13:12:40 UTC
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The radiotelescope in the picture is likely the Parkes antenna in Australia. Einetein@home is getting data from it and its volunteers have found so far 21 new pulsars in it, plus those found in data from Arecibo (18).
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Message 1247292 - Posted: 17 Jun 2012, 6:17:15 UTC - in response to Message 1240133.  

story a couple of days old. If posted, sorry for the dupe.


A Game-Changer in the Search for Alien Life: “All stars have planets”


Seth Shostak, and , mentioned.
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Message 1247322 - Posted: 17 Jun 2012, 8:01:13 UTC

As always, there is no mention of SETI@home. We simply do not exist, even if we should soon get Kepler data from Green Bank.
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Message 1296067 - Posted: 17 Oct 2012, 5:38:01 UTC - in response to Message 732877.  

Alpha Centauri was the first place the private Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence program looked in its decade-long hunt for radio signals that signify alien intelligent life. Nothing was found, but that doesn't mean nothing is there, said SETI Institute astronomer Seth Shostak.

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Planet same size as Earth found right outside solar system
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Message 1408179 - Posted: 27 Aug 2013, 2:32:06 UTC
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His channel is filled with the most interesting facts. Vsauce
And this is a well done relevant offering.
Jul 12, 2013 - Are We Ready For Aliens?

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Message 1477387 - Posted: 15 Feb 2014, 0:11:54 UTC - in response to Message 747607.  

'I think we’ll find E.T. within two dozen years using these sorts of experiments.'

- SETI’s Seth Shostak

Intelligent extraterrestrial beings are out there, and we’ll be meeting them shortly – perhaps within the next 25 years, according to one scientist.

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2014/02/10/humanity-will-detect-aliens-by-2040-researcher-says/
Humanity will detect aliens by 2040, researcher says
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Message 1477504 - Posted: 15 Feb 2014, 7:15:11 UTC - in response to Message 1477387.  

'I think we’ll find E.T. within two dozen years using these sorts of experiments.'

- SETI’s Seth Shostak

Intelligent extraterrestrial beings are out there, and we’ll be meeting them shortly – perhaps within the next 25 years, according to one scientist.

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2014/02/10/humanity-will-detect-aliens-by-2040-researcher-says/
Humanity will detect aliens by 2040, researcher says

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Message 1513672 - Posted: 8 May 2014, 15:03:10 UTC

The SETI project scientists are known for tracking possible extraterrestrial signals, but now they are also considering sending messages from Earth telling of our position. A researcher questions this idea in view of the results from a survey taken by students, revealing the general level of ignorance about the cosmos and the influence of religion when tackling these matters.

Are we ready for contact with extraterrestrial intelligence?
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Message 1518470 - Posted: 19 May 2014, 22:54:58 UTC - in response to Message 1513672.  

Check out Morgan Spurlock's "Inside Man" tonight to learn about search for life beyond Earth, featuring SETI Institute's Jill Tarter! Details: Sunday, May 18 at 10 PM EST/PST on CNN.

http://www.examiner.com/article/morgan-spurlock-inside-man-investigates-ufo-sightings-alien-life-forms

‘Morgan Spurlock: Inside Man’ investigates UFO sightings, alien life forms
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Message 1519480 - Posted: 21 May 2014, 23:21:43 UTC - in response to Message 1518470.  

Astronomers Tell Congress TheyÂ’re Almost Certain ET Exists


(WASHINGTON) -- Two top astronomers told Congress on Wednesday that it would be “bizarre if we are alone,” and asked for continued funding to detect extraterrestrial life.

Dan Werthimer, director of the SETI Research Center at the University of California, Berkeley (SETI is short of “Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence”), also told the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology that he thinks the possibility of microbial life on other planets is close to 100 percent.

http://www.610kvnu.com/politics/020864720af84961c58ffe1f7137a866
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Message 1519497 - Posted: 22 May 2014, 0:09:27 UTC - in response to Message 1519480.  

‘Morgan Spurlock: Inside Man’ investigates UFO sightings, alien life forms
I hope they don't put SETI in the UFO category.
(WASHINGTON) -- Two top astronomers told Congress on Wednesday that it would be “bizarre if we are alone,” and asked for continued funding to detect extraterrestrial life.]
Money is so tight they will be lucky to get any. Finding ET is not a pressing issue. Especially with congress trying to find some way to restore the 10% sequestered cut in defense spending.
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Message 1519640 - Posted: 22 May 2014, 6:12:23 UTC - in response to Message 1519497.  

Have aliens already visited Earth? Nasa book suggests that ancient rock art could have been created by extraterrestrials

A new book details the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (Seti)
In it the authors discuss the methods through which we might find aliens
These include searching for signs of life on planets or finding messages
The book details some of the challenges ahead for making first contact
But ultimately the authors say it is something that might happen one day

Nice Read.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2634903/Have-aliens-visited-Earth-Nasa-book-suggests-ancient-rock-art-created-extra-terrestrials.html
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Message 1519889 - Posted: 22 May 2014, 18:08:26 UTC - in response to Message 1519640.  

Have aliens already visited Earth? Nasa book suggests that ancient rock art could have been created by extraterrestrial

I found that NASA would suggest that aliens did rock carving disturbing but if it is on the Internet it must be true.

The book referenced is available online free courtesy of US taxpayers.

I call your attention to page 241
We can say little, if anything, about what these patterns signify, why they were cut into rocks, or who
created them. For all intents and purposes, they might have been made by aliens.*
*One need only think of books by Immanuel Velikovsky or Erich von Däniken to see where that
line of thinking can end up.
Perhaps the British press, Mail online, should learn to read. Maybe the English language threw them off.
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Message 1556463 - Posted: 14 Aug 2014, 0:19:12 UTC - in response to Message 921827.  

We could find alien life but politicians don't want to, claims scientist

This is according to Seth Shostak, a senior astronomer at Seti Institute
Data suggests our galaxy has 40 billion planets with potential for life
But finding these depends on sophisticated and expensive experiments
'Sadly much of this reconnaissance hardware is still on the drawing boards, not in space,' said Dr Shostak.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2723788/We-alien-life-politicians-dont-want-claims-scientist.html
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Message 1556499 - Posted: 14 Aug 2014, 1:41:10 UTC - in response to Message 1556463.  

Well. Yes. The truth is hard for many politicians for many reasons. Since exactly when has the absolute truth produced your next paycheck?
Yep, there is a lot that the politicians don’t wanna do. We get the government we deserve.
With people like Seth Shostak on our side, we thankfully deserve even more!
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Message 1556511 - Posted: 14 Aug 2014, 2:24:12 UTC - in response to Message 1556463.  
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Data suggests our galaxy has 40 billion planets with potential for life


Some unsophisticated folks would think that this well known figure is implying that there are that many Earth Like planets with that many civilizations just sitting out there in our galaxy.

It is irresponsible statements such as this that cast a poor light on our endeavors in listening and looking. To my knowledge not one other Earth-like planet as yet has been found that has all of the dozen or more necessary conditions for life. Therefore such a statement as this is wildly speculative and premature. If there are any such planets with an advanced civilization such as ours they are most likely too far away for us to ever detect. A professional in the field of astronomy should know this far better than I. So I say this with the same certainty of the putative 40 billion number. Since we are UNCERTAIN to a high degree at the moment we keep searching and listening for a possibly rare event to occur--we have been doing so for 50 years now.

Those in Academia don't need to be polishing unsavory items such as this.
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