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In a recent #SETILive conversation, Bill Diamond sat down with Dr. Lori Marino, the founder of the Whale Sanctuary Project and the 2026 Drake Award recipient. Dr. Marino’s career has focused on the evolution of cetacean brains and cognition in whales and dolphins. 🧪 👩🔬
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Last call! This Friday, watch Spielberg's Disclosure Day on opening night, then ask Seth Shostak — Senior Astronomer, host of Big Picture Science, and disclosure expert — your biggest questions about aliens. Only a handful of seats remain! 🎟️
Buy your ticket today: disclosureday.eventbrite.com
As new observatories generate unprecedented amounts of data, scientists have more opportunities than ever to detect the unexpected. But any potential discovery must be independently verified, transparently shared, and rigorously tested.
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Welcome to our new series, “Listening to the Universe,” where we explore techniques and tools to better understand the universe and our place in it. Hosted by Athena Brensberger, join us for the next 8 weeks as we highlight various SETI Institute scientists and their research. 🧪 👩🔬
#PPOD: The Flame Nebula image features Chandra’s X-rays (purple) embedded within a dusty-grey landscape seen in infrared by JWST. Several dozen young stars illuminate the gas cloud, appearing as white cores surrounded by thick, neon purple-pink X-ray halos. 🧪 🔭
Due to a coronal mass ejection (CME) on June 6th, auroras are possible on June 8th when the particles are expected to hit Earth's magnetic field. If Earth experiences a direct hit, the potentially strong storm could produce mid-latitude auroras in Europe and the USA.
Credit: NASA
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/PSU/K. Getman, E. Feigelson, M. Kuhn & the MYStIX team; JWST Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, M. Meyer (University of Michigan), M. De Furio (UT Austin), M. Robberto (STScI), A. Pagan (STScI); Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare
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#PPOD: Expedition 52 Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA shared photos and a time-lapse video of a glowing green aurora seen from his vantage point 250 miles up, aboard the International Space Station. This aurora photo was taken on June 26, 2017. 🧪 🔭
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Tomorrow, I’m hosting a live Reddit AMA!
Ask me anything about astronomy, SETI, SkyMapper, SkySphere, citizen science, UAP data, or our goal of building a global network that continuously observes the sky.
📅 June 11
⏰ 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET
www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comme...
