SETI Institute#ICYMI: This week on #SETILive, Moiya chatted with Jeremy Webb about simulations his team ran of planetary systems within stellar streams and how they were affected based on where their stars started out in their clusters. Watch the full interview: https://youtube.com/live/FrhgI7T5I4I
#ICYMI: This week on #SETILive, Lauren chatted with Adam Schneider about the Backyard Worlds #citizenscience project and its recent paper on the discovery of 3,000 brown dwarfs. Watch the full interview: https://youtube.com/live/_kROzAny2mw
Join us on TODAY, May 28, at 2:30 PM PT for the next episode of #SETILive, hosted by Dr. Lauren Sgro, featuring special guest Dr. Adam C. Schneider (United States Naval Observatory).
What happens when hundreds of thousands of volunteers team up with NASA to explore the sky? In the case of Backyard Worlds: Planet 9, thousands of new brown dwarfs.
Bring your questions for the live Q&A: https://youtube.com/live/_kROzAny2mw
In this week's #SETILive, we discussed Little Red Dots (possibly distant proto-galaxies) and how they may be the birthplaces of prebiotic chemistry. Watch the full interview: https://youtube.com/live/XhgfNxY7aow
In a recent #SETILive, SETI Institute astronomer Dr. Franck Marchis spoke with Cornell University astronomer Abigail Bohl and the Director of Cornell’s Carl Sagan Institute, Dr. Lisa Kaltenegger, about a study identifying 45 specific worlds as the most promising targets for studying planetary habitability. Rather than searching for ‘Earth 2.0,’ the study focuses on habitability.
Learn more: https://www.seti.org/news/45-best-targets-for-alien-life/
New research suggests that “little red dots”—compact, distant galaxies—may act as calm environments where complex molecules can form.
Could these “galactic islands” be producing the building blocks of life across the universe?
Join us live on April 30 at 11 AM PT: https://youtube.com/live/XhgfNxY7aow
In a recent #SETILive discussion, SETI Institute astronomer Dr. Franck Marchis introduced SkyMapper, a platform designed to connect telescopes worldwide into a unified observing network. Hosted by SETI Institute researcher Dr. Lauren Sgro, the session demonstrated how this infrastructure transforms both access and capability.
Learn more: https://www.seti.org/news/skymapper-goes-live/
#ICYMI: On Friday, Franck spoke with Abigail Bohl and Lisa Kaltenegger about the 45 best planets to look for life as we know it. But first, Franck wanted to know what exoplanet system they would visit if they could. The answer? TRAPPIST-1. Watch the full interview: https://youtube.com/live/WGFMT4M_Qnk
And let us know if there's an exoplanet that YOU want to visit! #SETILive
Earlier this week, we announced our partnership with SkyMapper, and Dr. Franck Marchis gave a demonstration of the platform during a special #SETILive using a telescope in Chile from San Francisco. Watch the full episode: https://youtube.com/live/czTy4wDGpFg
We’re going live in 1 hour.
Join Lauren Sgro and Franck Marchis for a live demonstration of SkyMapper, a newly launched global network connecting telescopes, observatories, and citizen scientists.
This session will explore how decentralized, real-time access to astronomical data is opening new pathways for research, education, and public engagement.
🔴 5pm PDT
WATCH LIVE: https://youtube.com/live/czTy4wDGpFg
