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Where in the Worlds has SETI Institute Been? May 29 - June 4, 2017

Janice Bishop Explores Mawrth Vallis and Salt Ponds in Australia

Janice Bishop and Lukas Gruendler recently visited highly saline ponds found in the desert of Western Australia looking for mixtures of clays and sulfates in the hopes of learning about environments that could help us understand this puzzling salty outcrop on Mars

Learn about all the groundbreaking work that happens at the SETI Institute, including scientific research, STEM and space science education and public outreach.

You can’t pick your parents. But soon you may be able to change the DNA they gave you. Imagine deleting genes from your body that you don’t like and inserting the ones you want. Find out how CRISPR technology might change everything when the genetic lottery is no longer destiny, and meet a biohacker who is already gene tinkering in his kitchen.

SETI Talks Returns with Jill Tarter

SETI Talks will return on Wednesday, July 12, with a program featuring Jill Tarter, Sarah Scoles, Elliot Gillum and more.

Where in the Worlds has SETI Institute Been? May 22, 2017 – May 28, 2017

A roundup of SETI Institute in the media, May 22, 2017 – May 28, 2017

On behalf of everyone at the SETI Institute, we want to take a moment to say happy birthday to Frank Drake!

Where in the Worlds has SETI Institute Been? May 15 - 21, 2017

By now you have surely heard that Boyajian’s star, aka Tabby’s star, aka KIC8462852, is going through another weird dimming phase.

‘Alien: Covenant’ Offers Ghoulish Fun But ‘Tinsel Town Science’

They're baaaaack, and as peevish as ever. The storyline in "Alien: Covenant" is tricky, but so what? This is a haunted house movie, and the real fun is finding out what fresh hell lies beyond the next airlock.

SETI Institute Scientist Jeffrey Coughlin to Become K2 Science Office Director

Effective July 1, 2017 SETI Institute scientist Jeffrey Coughlin will become the K2 Science Office Director.

SETI Institute scientist J.R. Skok was invited to join an international expedition to the El Tatio Geyser system led researchers at the University of Chile.

NASA’s SOFIA Confirms Planetary System Similar to Ours

Last week, NASA announced that its flying observatory, SOFIA (short for Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy) completed a study of a nearby planetary system that is very much like our solar system, centered on the star Epsilon Eridani, also known as Eps Eri.

Develop new approaches to planetary defense, space weather and space resources with NASA FDL this summer: Application closing soon.

The NASA Frontier Development Lab (FDL) is looking for Planetary Science doctorate or post-doc researchers with an understanding or interest in one of this year’s problem areas

The SETI Institute is currently looking for an Annual Fund Manager.

The 2017 8-week program is still accepting qualified participants and will run June 26 - August 18, 2017. Applications will be accepted until the closing date of the 19th of May.

SETI Institute Researcher at the next edition of Astronomy on Tap in San Francisco

Join SETI Institute scientist Franck Marchis at Astronomy on Tap, April 25th, at 7:30 PM in San Francisco

Everyone has been talking about this new image from Cassini showing a close up of the Saturn moonlet Pan – stunning!

Meteors radiating from the constellation of the Little Dipper Dec. 22, 2016

CAMS video cameras recorded an rare outburst of meteors radiating from the constellation the Small Dipper late in the night of December 22, 2016.

NASA’s New Horizons and the International Astronomical Union (IAU) have announced naming themes for surface features on Pluto and its moons.

Tuesday Feb. 14, Seth Shostak and Eugene Mirman Get Real About Climate Change

On this week’s episode of StarTalk All-Stars, veteran host Seth Shostak and co-host Eugene Mirman invite guest Ken Caldeira, climate scientist at the Carnegie Institution for Science, for a serious discussion about climate change.

Feb. 15 Webinar - Characterization of Mars Analogs from Speaker Dr. Janice Bishop SETI Institute

Join us on February 15, 2017 at 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM MST for this complimentary webinar. Dr. Janice Bishop will give a live speech.

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