Finding Them, Finding Us
"So how far away can
This question, which I'm
Glib, but true. If the alien
"Sure," I sense
One way to address this is
Well, you can forget that –
Another important point is
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So what's the bottom line? I'll
The carrier would tell them
Grote Reber built the first
Let's consider some other
One last example, just for
It comes down to this: When
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Seth Shostak is an astronomer at the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute in Mountain View, California, who places a high priority on communicating science to the public. In addition to his many academic papers, Seth has published hundreds of popular science articles, and not just for Space.com; he makes regular contributions to NBC News MACH, for example. Seth has also co-authored a college textbook on astrobiology and written three popular science books on SETI, including "Confessions of an Alien Hunter" (National Geographic, 2009). In addition, Seth ahosts the SETI Institute's weekly radio show, "Big Picture Science."