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Origins: Astrobiology: Listening for the Long Term (Webcast)
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Join us as we talk with Jill Tarter, Director of the Center for SETI Research and the inspiration behind Jody Foster's character in the movie Contact. Find out about the tools and technologies being developed for a multigenerational effort to search for life on other planets.
Project: Origins: Astrobiology: The Search for Life | Browse All
Date: November 22, 2003
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: jill tartar, astrobiology, seti, contact, carl sagan, astronomy, extra-terrestrial life, intelligence
Project: Origins: Astrobiology: The Search for Life | Browse All
Date: November 22, 2003
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: jill tartar, astrobiology, seti, contact, carl sagan, astronomy, extra-terrestrial life, intelligence
Origins: Astrobiology: Talking with ET: The Language and Timescales of Interstellar Communication (Webcast)
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What if we did contact another intelligent life form in the universe? What should we say? What traits best represent our humanity? Douglas Vakoch, the SETI Institute’s Director of Interstellar Message Composition, is working with scientists, artists, linguists, composers, and others to imagine how to speak for our planet.
Project: Origins: Astrobiology: The Search for Life | Browse All
Date: November 22, 2003
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: douglas vakoch, seti, extraterrestrials, scientists, artists, linguists, composers, communication, language, communicate
Project: Origins: Astrobiology: The Search for Life | Browse All
Date: November 22, 2003
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: douglas vakoch, seti, extraterrestrials, scientists, artists, linguists, composers, communication, language, communicate
Origins: Astrobiology: What About Intelligent Life? (Webcast)
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SETI is a scientific effort seeking to determine if there is intelligent life outside Earth. We were at Aricebo Radio Observatory in March 2003 when scientists listened to the most promising transmissions from UC Berkeley’s SETI@home search. Join the Exploratorium’s Ron Hipschman and special guest Dan Werthimer, chief scientist and principal investigator for the SETI Institute’s efforts, including Arecibo Observatory’s search of artificial radio signals coming from other stars.
Project: Origins: Astrobiology: The Search for Life | Browse All
Date: November 21, 2003
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: astrobiology, seti, search for extraterrestrial intelligences, interstellar communication, radio waves, drake equation, planet detection, planetary detection, primordial soup, designing interstellar messages, radio telescope, sky surveys, astropulse,
Project: Origins: Astrobiology: The Search for Life | Browse All
Date: November 21, 2003
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: astrobiology, seti, search for extraterrestrial intelligences, interstellar communication, radio waves, drake equation, planet detection, planetary detection, primordial soup, designing interstellar messages, radio telescope, sky surveys, astropulse,
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Origins: Astrobiology: Looking for Mars on Earth (Webcast)
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Chris McKay, Planetary Scientist at the NASA Ames Research Center, has traveled the world seeking Mars-like environments. In the Dry Valleys of Antarctica—his favorite Mars analog on Earth—Dr. McKay discovered a kind of algae living inside rocks porous to light and water. He’ll show us some of these rocks and talk about the physical conditions required for life.
Project: Origins: Astrobiology: The Search for Life | Browse All
Date: November 19, 2003
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: deserts, atacama desert of chile, life on mars, most lifeless place on earth, driest place on earth, ecosystems, algae, organisms in rock, photosyntheseis in rock, most mars-like place on earth, antarctica dry valleys, alum rock park, earth's extreme environments, mic
Project: Origins: Astrobiology: The Search for Life | Browse All
Date: November 19, 2003
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: deserts, atacama desert of chile, life on mars, most lifeless place on earth, driest place on earth, ecosystems, algae, organisms in rock, photosyntheseis in rock, most mars-like place on earth, antarctica dry valleys, alum rock park, earth's extreme environments, mic
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Origins: Astrobiology: Life at the Extremes (Webcast)
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Meet Breea Govenar, a biologist at Penn State University, as she speaks to us from aboard a research vessel from Wood's Hole Oceanographic Institute. She'll discuss life near deep-sea thermal vents in the Pacific Ocean. The Webcast also includes Dr. Alissa Arp, a biologist from San Francisco State University studying the tube worms that live around these very hot marine spots.
Project: Origins: Astrobiology: The Search for Life | Browse All
Date: November 19, 2003
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: hydrothermal vents, ocean floor, cold seep sites, fissures, plate techtonics, hydrothermal vent exploration, alvin submarine, bacteria, chemosynthetic bacteria, tubeworms, riftia pachyptila, astrobiology
Project: Origins: Astrobiology: The Search for Life | Browse All
Date: November 19, 2003
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: hydrothermal vents, ocean floor, cold seep sites, fissures, plate techtonics, hydrothermal vent exploration, alvin submarine, bacteria, chemosynthetic bacteria, tubeworms, riftia pachyptila, astrobiology
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Origins: Astrobiology: Life at High Temperatures (Webcast)
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Jonathan Trent, Astrobiologist, NASA Ames Research Center studies "thermophiles," heat-loving microbes inhabiting places once thought too hostile for life, but analogous to environments that might be found on other planets. He discovered that some of these microbes make a protein that appears to stabilize their cell membranes (and may have applications for nanotechnology).
Project: Origins: Astrobiology: The Search for Life | Browse All
Date: November 18, 2003
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: geothermal hotsprings, astrobiology, fundamental features of life, life beyond earth, biochemistry, extremophiles, extreme environments, microbes, bacteria, ecosystems, organisms, complexity of life, ocean life, microbial life in extreme environments, yellowstone nati
Project: Origins: Astrobiology: The Search for Life | Browse All
Date: November 18, 2003
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: geothermal hotsprings, astrobiology, fundamental features of life, life beyond earth, biochemistry, extremophiles, extreme environments, microbes, bacteria, ecosystems, organisms, complexity of life, ocean life, microbial life in extreme environments, yellowstone nati
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Origins: Astrobiology: Life's Ingredients (Webcast)
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Julia Child and physicist Philip Morrison once cooked up (and sampled) "primordial soup," a mixture of ingredients said to be the materials from which life sprang on Earth. How accurate is this notion? David Deamer studies how some molecules self-assemble into order, and has developed new theories about how life evolved from components on Earth. We’ll talk with him, do hands-on experiments, and watch vintage footage of Julia Child tasting the soup. Guests: David Deamer, Director, UC Berkeley SETI Program, and Karen Kalumuk, Exploratorium staff scientist.
Project: Origins: Astrobiology: The Search for Life | Browse All
Date: November 16, 2003
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, Chemistry
Keywords: self-assembled structures, self-assembly processes, directed assembly process, primordial soup recipe, building blocks of life, life on other planets, life on mars, chemical reactions, amino acid production, molecule formation, density column, emulsifiers, emulsifica
Project: Origins: Astrobiology: The Search for Life | Browse All
Date: November 16, 2003
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, Chemistry
Keywords: self-assembled structures, self-assembly processes, directed assembly process, primordial soup recipe, building blocks of life, life on other planets, life on mars, chemical reactions, amino acid production, molecule formation, density column, emulsifiers, emulsifica
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Origins: Astrobiology: Live from Licancabur Volcano in Chile (Webcast)
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Nathalie Cabrol, Planetary Scientist, Principal Investigator at NASA Ames Research Center and the SETI Institute, looks for Mars analogs in extreme environments on Earth. She found one at the world’s highest lake at Chile’s Licancabur volcano, site of a unique analog to ancient Martian lakes. We chat with Dr. Cabrol as she investigates the life forms at Licancabur.
Project: Origins: Astrobiology: The Search for Life | Browse All
Date: November 16, 2003
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: astrobiology, fundamental features of life, life beyond earth, biochemistry, extremophiles, extreme environments, microbes, bacteria, ecosystems, organisms, complexity of life, microbial life in extreme environments, life at low temperatures, stromatilites,
Project: Origins: Astrobiology: The Search for Life | Browse All
Date: November 16, 2003
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: astrobiology, fundamental features of life, life beyond earth, biochemistry, extremophiles, extreme environments, microbes, bacteria, ecosystems, organisms, complexity of life, microbial life in extreme environments, life at low temperatures, stromatilites,
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Origins: Astrobiology: Is There Life Elsewhere? (Webcast)
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How can a mathematical equation frame the question of life in the universe? We’ll talk with Frank Drake, one of the founders of the SETI Institute, about his famous equation and how it frames the search for signs of intelligent life in the universe.
Project: Origins: Astrobiology: The Search for Life | Browse All
Date: November 15, 2003
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: astrobiology, seti, search for extraterrestrial intelligences, intersteallar communication, drake equation, stars with planets, planetary detection, planet detection, primordial soup, radio telescopes, designing interstellar messages
Project: Origins: Astrobiology: The Search for Life | Browse All
Date: November 15, 2003
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: astrobiology, seti, search for extraterrestrial intelligences, intersteallar communication, drake equation, stars with planets, planetary detection, planet detection, primordial soup, radio telescopes, designing interstellar messages
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