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Goodbye Frank Drake, Father of SETI

September 8, 2022 / 4 Comments
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by Fraser Hibbitt for the Carl Kruse Blog Less than a week ago, astronomer and astrophysicist Frank Drake passed away in his home in California. He was one of those rare examples in which a childhood fascination directly informs their career, their pursuit, and entanglement with the world. Drake’s equation, perhaps only second in fame … [Read more…]

Posted in: California, Carl Kruse, Dreamers, Science, SETI, Space Exploration, Voyager Tagged: Frank Drake, Obituary

SETI Chat: Mysterious Radio Signals in the Milky Way

March 22, 2022 / 2 Comments
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by Hazel Anna Rogers for the Carl Kruse Blog It was as if it was meant to be. At the end of 2021, when most of us were just wishing we might be glimpsing the rear end of the Covid-19 pandemic, astronomers in Western Australia looking earnestly at the night sky were greeted by inexplicable … [Read more…]

Posted in: Science, SETI Tagged: Astronomy, Australia, Carl Kruse Nonprofits Blog, Milky Way, Radio Telescopes

SETI TALKS SUMMARY – AI

February 23, 2022 / Leave a Comment
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by Hazel Anna Rogers for the Carl Kruse Blog Artificial intelligence, more commonly known as AI, is a branch of computer science that focuses on the creation of intelligent task-oriented machines — tasks that might usually require some degree of human intelligence. This is a general definition, and one which perhaps lessens the fear-riddled narrative … [Read more…]

Posted in: Carl Kruse, Enabling The Future, Science, SETI Tagged: Machine Learning, SETI Talks

SETI CHAT: AI For Good

January 12, 2022 / Leave a Comment
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by Fraser Hibbitt for the Carl Kruse BlogOne of the most innovative technological conceptions to come to fruition in the late twentieth century was, and is, Artificial Intelligence (AI). If humanity has always looked to create and extend their collective consciousness beyond the bounds of within, then AI is the latest and greatest manifestation of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Carl Kruse, Enabling The Future, Science, SETI Tagged: AI, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science

SETI Talks Summary – UAPs

November 29, 2021 / 8 Comments
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by Carl Kruse The Carl Kruse Blog sponsored a 17 November 2021 discussion organized by the SETI Institute on whether UAPs, commonly called UFOs, deserved more attention from the scientific community. Hazel Anna Rogers, a regular contributor to our blog, took in the chat and then summarized her impressions of what transpired. Here is Hazel’s … [Read more…]

Posted in: Carl Kruse, Nonprofits, Science, SETI Tagged: Roswell, SETI Talks, UAPs, UFOs

SETI CHAT: UAPs – Are They Worth Scientific Attention?

November 11, 2021 / 2 Comments
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by Carl Kruse The following post is an excerpt from an announcement by the SETI Institute for their upcoming online chat “UAPs: Are They Worth Scientific Attention” This SETI chat is sponsored by Carl Kruse, the curator of the Carl Kruse Blog, and is slated for Wednesday, November 21, 2021 at 7:00PM PST. “UAP” – unidentified aerial … [Read more…]

Posted in: Carl Kruse, Events, Nonprofits, Science, SETI Tagged: ET, Scientific Chats, Unexplained phenomena, Visitations to Earth by Aliens

SETI Chat: Black Holes are Real. How Do They Shape our Universe?

October 11, 2021 / 1 Comment
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by Carl Kruse The following post is an excerpt from info provided by the SETI Institute for their online chat “Black Holes are Real. How Do They Shape Structure and Evolution in our Universe?” The talk is sponsored by Daniel Swanson and scheduled for Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 7:00PM PDT. The Carl Kruse Nonprofits Blog encourages … [Read more…]

Posted in: BOINC, Nonprofits, SETI, Space Exploration Tagged: Astronomy, Black Holes, Cosmology, Our Universe, Scientific Chats

SETI Chat: A Sixth Mass Extinction Likely?

September 11, 2021 / 5 Comments
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by Carl Kruse This post is taken from information provided by the SETI Institute on their upcoming online chat “Is a 6th Mass Extinction the Future for Earth?” The chat will stream Wednesday, September 22, 2021 at 7:00 PM Pacific time. The Carl Kruse Nonprofits Blog encourages all to join for what promises to be … [Read more…]

Posted in: Environment, Nonprofits, Science, SETI, Space Exploration Tagged: Biodiversity, California Academy of Sciences, Frank Marchis, Mass Extinctions, Peter Roopnarine, Scott Sampson, SETI Institute, SETI Talks

SETI Chat: Can We Define Life?

August 14, 2021 / 4 Comments
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By Carl Kruse The following blog post is an excerpt from information provided by the SETI Institute on their upcoming online chat “Can We Define Life? Should We?” hosted by Wendi Zhang and scheduled for Wednesday, August 21, 2021 at 7PM PDT. The Carl Kruse Nonprofits Blog encourages all to tune in for what promises … [Read more…]

Posted in: Nonprofits, Science, SETI, Space Exploration Tagged: Origins of life, Scientific Chats, What is life

Kepler Update and SETI

December 8, 2020 / 7 Comments
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by Fraser Hibbitt It is not difficult to imagine that somewhere in our galaxy there is a planet like ours. A planet suited for life. The unimaginably vast, mind-boggling space outside our solar system always makes one wonder about other life out there. And extra-terrestrial life likely begins on a planet. This is what Dr. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Science, SETI, Space Exploration Tagged: Exploration, Frazer Hibbitt, Kepler Telescope, Search For Extraterrestial Intelligence, TESS

The Voyager Golden Records

June 1, 2020 / 10 Comments

by Carl Kruse Peering at the stars many of us wonder if anyone else is out there. At least I wonder and assume everyone does as well. And in the vastness of space someone else is likely looking back, wondering the same. And if not what a waste of space. Even if the probability of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Rosetta@Home, Science, SETI, Space Exploration, Voyager Tagged: Discovery, Science, Voyager Golden Records, Voyager probes

Amateur Alien Hunters Seek New Challenges As SETI Pauses

May 11, 2020 / 16 Comments

By Carl Kruse Most of us wonder when looking at the sky – into the infinite vastness of space — if there could be intelligent life out there, other beings we could communicate with, learn from, or even meet one day. In spite of decades of Hollywood films depicting E.T.s we have yet to find … [Read more…]

Posted in: Science, SETI, Space Exploration Tagged: Distributed Computing, SETI@HOME, Space

Once again, Giving Tuesday

December 4, 2019 / 2 Comments

I wrote about Giving Tuesday last year and this year I do it again.  For those who wonder at the idea of a Giving Tuesday or Giving Wedensday, rest easy knowing that Giving Whenever is usually a good time indeed. Pick your favorite person or charity, show them some love. The truism that you cannot … [Read more…]

Posted in: Hemley Gonzalez, Responsible Charity, SETI, Streetwaves, Urban Paradise Guild Tagged: Charities, Donations, Giving Tuesday, Nonprofits, UPG

SETI : Are We Alone?

January 12, 2018 / 12 Comments

Help SETI Answer The Question: Are We Alone?by Carl Kruse Every year the good people at SETI @ HOME make a fundraising drive to support their efforts in tackling what is one of the great remaining questions of humanity, is there intelligent life besides us in the universe? While the answer to the question is … [Read more…]

Posted in: Science, SETI, Space Exploration Tagged: Research, SETI@HOME, Space

More Earth-like Exoplanets Found

February 23, 2017 / 8 Comments

A Fantastic Time For Discovery, and for SETI by Carl Kruse The journal NATURE’s website reportedly crashed after it announced the NASA  discovery of seven Earth-like planets orbiting a star near us, some 40 light years away in the Aquarius constellation. The star known as TRAPPIST-1 was observed by a Belgian research team with data … [Read more…]

Posted in: Science, SETI, Space Exploration Tagged: Exoplanets, NASA, Trappist-1

From Carl Kruse: Help SETI@HOME

December 1, 2016 / 2 Comments

SETI Project  Can Use Our Help by Carl Kruse One of my favorite nonprofit groups is the SETI Institute, which is the world’s top organization that is looking for life elsewhere in the universe. I love SETI because it’s the chance to get involved in answering one of humanity’s last remaining big questions – Is … [Read more…]

Posted in: Nonprofits, Science, SETI Tagged: Radio Astronomy, Search For ET, The SETI Institute

Carl Kruse Dot Org Review: The SETI Institute

November 11, 2015 / 12 Comments

“Are we alone?” is a question all of us have wondered about. The SETI Institute has done more than wonder,  listening now for more than 30 years for any radio signals in space for signs of alien intelligence. Radio signals propagate far and wide and any advanced society will have likely communicated with radio signals … [Read more…]

Posted in: Nonprofits, Science, SETI, Space Exploration Tagged: Alien Intelligence, Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence, The SETI Institute

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