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Szemináriumi meghívó / Invitation to a seminar
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CSFK CSI SZEMINÁRIUM / KONKOLY OBSERVATORY SEMINAR

Date: Feb 16, 2023 (Thursday) 18:00


Jill Tarter (SETI Institute, Mountain View, California):
A Cosmic Perspective: Searching for Aliens, Finding Ourselves

Are we alone? Humans have been asking this question throughout history. We 
want to know where we came from, how we fit into the cosmos, and where we are 
going. We want to know whether there is life beyond the Earth and whether any 
of it is intelligent. Since the middle of the twentieth century we have had 
new tools that permit us to embark on a scientific exploration to try to 
answer this old question. We no longer have to ask the priests and 
philosophers what we should believe about extraterrestrial life; we can 
explore and discover what's actually out there. Our tools are getting ever 
better. We have discovered extremophiles in the most unexpected places on 
this planet and we have discovered that there really are far more planets 
than stars out there. We haven't yet found life beyond Earth. Evidence for 
extraterrestrial life may turn out to be ambiguous, as illustrated by the 
recent debate over the claim of Phosphine in the clouds of Venus, and whether 
this might imply biology. Evi
 dence for technosignatures could be less ambiguous. There is a vast amount 
of other potentially-habitable real estate to explore beyond our solar 
system, and there are many plans to do just that. The 21st century will be 
the century in which we will find some answers. As we look up and look out, 
we are forced to see ourselves from a cosmic perspective; a perspecive that 
shows us as all the same, all Earthlings. This perspective is fundamental to 
finding a way to sustain life on Earth for the long future.

The seminar will be held online via Zoom. You can join us via this link
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82806911982?pwd=SVZpT0syQ1J6dHBvSkF4N2dXNEQ0dz09
or the meeting ID: 828 0691 1982 and passcode: 206265



Everyone is welcome!

Krisztián Vida, Ramon Brasser
organizers
https://konkoly.hu/szeminar/szeminarium.shtml