June 2018
Cosmic communications and the anthropology of outer space
...thus far is a lonely business. Indeed, the Fermi Paradox haunts the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) as it wonders why, if extraterrestrial (ET) intelligence is probable, we haven’t made contact. The Fermi Paradox haunts the search for...
September 2017
Science searches for cosmic company
... estate in our own galaxy. Tuning-in to the cosmos Such arguments fuel the interest in SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence). It doesn’t look for life directly but for signals that would indicate life possessing a degree of technical...
30 August 2016
Is there anybody out there? SETI researchers look to explain mysterious signal
While SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) researchers are not quite claiming to have found extraterrestrial life, a strong spike in radio signals coming from the Hercules constellation is causing some cautious excitement among ...
August 2020
Interstellar aspirations
..., venture capitalist and physicist, Yuri Milner pledged US$100 million for a ten-year renewed search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI). Alongside Milner was Prof Stephen Hawking who served as senior science advisor for the Initiatives...
15 June 2020
The Contact Paradox
The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) dates back to 1960..., which discuss “The Altruism Assumption” (i.e. that ET will be friendly), “Intelligence” (the assumption that ET is much like us albeit technologically superior), and Messages...
February 2016
Nuclear Flashlamps in Space
... the surface of Centaur object 10199 Chariklo that orbits between Saturn and Uranus The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) has always tacitly assumed that any civilization that it might detect would be far beyond our...
