In our latest #SETILive #podcast, Beth learned about new research on the potential biomass for Saturn's moon, Titan. It turns out, according to lead author Dr. Antonin Affholder, that mass is very small — only a couple of kilograms, if it existed at all. Listen to the full interview: https://www.seti.org/outreach/seti-live/ | SETI Institute

Do Aliens Speak Physics?: And Other Questions about Science and the Nature of Reality (Whiteson & Warner, 2025) is a mind-bending exploration into what it would mean, scientifically and philosophically, for humans to communicate with an extraterrestrial intelligence through the language of physics. Daniel Whiteson, a particle physicist, and Andy Warner tackle deep questions: Are concepts like “number,” “space,” “time,” and “laws of nature” universal, or are they shaped by our biology, culture, a

Could Uranus’s moon Ariel have once harbored a vast, deep ocean beneath its icy crust—perhaps even one that still lingers today? In this episode of SETI Live, host Beth Johnson welcomes Caleb Strom (University of North Dakota) and Alex Pathoff (Planetary Science Institute) to discuss new research revealing evidence that Ariel may have once held a subsurface ocean over 170 kilometers deep. Using geological mapping and tidal‐stress modeling, the team shows how ancient fractures and ridges on Ariel

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EVENT: 2023 Drake Awards Thursday, Sep 14, 2023 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM PDT Menlo Park, CA and Virtual More info: https://buff.ly/3reunt6 If you plan to attend, please purchase your tickets by no later than Wednesday, September 13th at noon PDT. Join us virtually from anywhere in the world or in person in Menlo Park alongside fellow supporters, explorers, and scientists to celebrate remarkable contributions to SETI and Astrobiology. Moiya McTier, Author and Astrophysicist, will host this year's Drake