“SETI: Are We Closer to Finding the Aliens?”
A talk by Dr. Seth Shostak on Monday November 5, at 7 PM in the Student Union at Cochise College 901 N. Colombo Avenue, Sierra Vista. This community event is sponsored jointly by the University South Foundation (https://www.universitysouthfoundation.com/) and the Huachuca Astronomy Club.
Admission is FREE.
For nearly six decades, SETI scientists have searched in vain for a signal from the cosmos that would betray the existence of extraterrestrial intelligence. Does this failure to discover aliens mean something, or could there be something fundamentally flawed with SETI strategy? We consider the state of searching today, and what are the assumptions that undergird the hunt for E.T. And what if a discovery is made? Would the public even be told?
Dr. Seth Shostak directs the search for extraterrestrials at the SETI Institute in California—trying to find evidence of intelligent life in space. He is also committed to getting the public, especially young people, excited about astrobiology and science in general. Seth is the host of “Big Picture Science,” the SETI Institute’s weekly radio show. Big Picture Science can be found in iTunes and other podcast sites.