SETI researchers estimate a 30-40% chance interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is artificial in origin. The 33 billion ton comet survived a massive solar blast, displays impossible chemistry with nickel vapor without iron, and crossed the same region of sky where the 1977 WOW signal was detected. This isn't just another space rock. 3I/ATLAS is the heaviest interstellar object ever detected, perfectly aligned with our planetary plane (a 1-in-500 coincidence), and actively venting water vapor while still

Due to technical difficulties from last night's SETI Talks event, which were joined already in progress here on Facebook, we have uploaded the full version. Enjoy! This presentation was streamed live from the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. Human society and the global ecosystem are at a critical point in time, facing climate and biodiversity crises. According to a recent analysis, the sixth mass extinction of wildlife on Earth is accelerating. More than 500 species of land anim

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The Emeritus Chair for SETI Research, Jill Tarter, is on the #PrettyIntensePodcast today. Have you ever wondered if we are alone? Jill has spent her whole life looking for that scientific, undeniable proof of technological civilizations beyond Earth. She served as Project Scientist for NASA’s SETI program. In 1997 Jodi Foster played a character based on Jill in one of my favorite films ever, “Contact.” She talks about the challenges of being a female scientist at a time when only men were welcom