Jill Tarter
September 24, 2020
Zoom recording
Meeting Summary:
This seminar doubled as a day of class for the Astro 576: The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence class. Dr. Jill Tarter described the motivation for the search for technosignatures in context with the search for biosignatures. She described the many approaches that have been and are currently taken to detect technology beyond our own. The vastness of possibilities evokes the metaphor of a needle in the cosmic haystack. She explained current observational SETI work and plans to further develop these in the future. Lastly, Jill provided some interesting project ideas for Astro 576 students. We are grateful for her appearance as our first external speaker and her contribution to our class.