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Is This Why We Haven’t Found Alien Civilizations? | STELLAR
Looking up at the stars makes you wonder: what and who is out there? And why haven’t we seen any other intelligent civilizations given the vast size and age of the universe? They’re complicated questions and although we haven’t met any...
Be Smart
Is There Life on Earth?
If we lived light years from Earth, how would we know there’s life here? Let’s take a look at the search for extraterrestrial life on habitable exoplanets, and discover what biosignatures would show someone else that we’re here.
SciShow
Astrobiology & the Search for Alien Life
Hank talks about astrobiology - the study of and search for life in the universe off Earth. Right now, the field has more questions than answers, but all they all seek to answer that one fundamental query: are we alone in the universe?
TED Talks
TED: Join the SETI search | Jill Tarter
The SETI Institute's Jill Tarter makes her TED Prize wish: to accelerate our search for cosmic company. Using a growing array of radio telescopes, she and her team listen for patterns that may be a sign of intelligence elsewhere in the...
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The Awesome Power of Citizen Science
You don't have to be a professional scientist to make a contribution to our collective knowledge. Today, we look at several projects that have benefitted from the power of citizen science!
Crash Course
Everything, The Universe ...And Life
Here it is, folks: the end. In our final episode of Crash Course Astronomy, Phil gives the course a send off with a look at some of his favorite topics and the big questions that Astronomy allows us to ask.
SciShow
Astrobiology & the Search for Alien Life
Hank talks about astrobiology - the study of and search for life in the universe off Earth. Right now, the field has more questions than answers, but all they all seek to answer that one fundamental query: are we alone in the universe?
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Calculating the odds of intelligent alien life - Jill Tarter
Could there be intelligent life on other planets? This question has piqued imagination and curiosity for decades. Explore the answer with the Drake Equation -- a mathematical formula that calculates the possibility of undiscovered life.
TED Talks
Seth Shostak: ET is (probably) out there -- get ready
SETI researcher Seth Shostak bets that we will find extraterrestrial life in the next twenty-four years, or he'll buy you a cup of coffee. He explains why new technologies and the laws of probability make the breakthrough so likely --...
SciShow
Roswell & New Signals from Space
With news of radio signals from distant galaxies, a government agency that wants to investigate extra-terrestrial life, and the 66th anniversary of the Roswell Incident, this week has felt like a '90s science fiction melodrama. Hank's...
Curated Video
Battle of Kadesh, 1274 BC Clash of the Ancient Superpowers DOCUMENTARY
Battle of Kadesh, 1274 BC Clash of the Ancient Superpowers DOCUMENTARY
Curated Video
Binary: The Alien Language
In the 1970s, launched aboard a space probe was what is considered one of the most important scientific diagrams ever created. If found by extraterrestrial life, the plaque explains details about the human race and where we are in the...
Curated Video
Binary: What Is Binary?
Learn how the binary base system works, and how to symbolise any number using just two digits. Maths - Number A Twig Math Film. Reinforce and extend the learning required by the curriculum. Twig’s context films show abstract concepts in...
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Binary: The Computer Language
We use binary every day – although we might not know it. Find out how this number system is used in computers to store large amounts of data. Maths - Number A Twig Math Film. Reinforce and extend the learning required by the curriculum....
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SETI: Are We Alone?
The SETI project scans the skies for alien messages, and controversially claim they succeeded in 1977. Physics - Universe - Learning Points. The Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence, or SETI, is a collection of scientists who scan...
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Citizen SETI
Astronomer Jill Tarter, Director of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute, describes some of the Citizen Science projects that SETI is running to get the general public involved in analyzing large data sets.
Curated Video
A Cosmic Perspective
SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) astronomer Jill Tarter describes the advantages of adopting a cosmic perspective and how the search for extraterrestial life has profound implications for life on earth.
Curated Video
Voyager and Drift Lines
Astronomer Jill Tarter, Director of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute, describes how signals from the Voyager probe can illustrate how we need to take the earth's rotation into account when searching the skies.
Curated Video
The Scientific Life
Astronomer Jill Tarter, Director of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute, describes the allure of the scientific life.
Curated Video
Radio Intelligence
Astronomer Jill Tarter, Director of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute, describes the details of the search for extraterrestrial life using radio waves.
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Perfect Timing
SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) astronomer and former longtime research director Jill Tarter describes the history of scientific searches for extraterrestrial life and how she became involved shortly after completing her...
AllTime 10s
What If Aliens Landed On Earth? - Alternate Reality
If aliens bothered to visit our increasingly destroyed planet, what would actually happen?
NASA
Gravity Assist: If They Call, Will We Listen? The Search for Technosignatures
Jason Wright, professor of astronomy and astrophysics at Penn State, has been thinking about the different technosignatures we could pick up using the telescopes we already have, and the telescopes that we could develop in the future.
CuriosaMente
¿Existen los extraterrestres?
¿Estamos solos en el universo? ¿Son ciertos los videos de ovnis? ¿Qué dice la ciencia acerca de la vida alienígena? La pregunta de si estamos solos en el universo ha intrigado a la humanidad durante mucho tiempo. La ciencia ofrece...