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Visitors to the Arecibo Observatory during a Bioastronomy Conference in 2007 gathered on the observing deck to view the reflector surface (below) and the feed/receiver platform (above). We are saddened to note that, on 1 December 2020, the receiver platform collapsed onto the surface of the dish, demolishing it.

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26 December 2020

Even thirteen years before its ultimate collapse early this month, the 305 mere diameter spherical reflector of the Arecibo Radio Telescope was already showing its age, as seen in this 2007 photo taken by SETI League Executive Director Prof. H. Paul Shuch

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19 December 2020

In memory of the famed 305 metre diameter Arecibo Radio Telescope, which collapsed two weeks ago, we post this photo of Prof. H. Paul Shuch, our Executive Director, taken at the facility in July, 2007. Here we see the overhead receiver platform, which fell onto the surface of the reflector following the failure of two of its support cables.

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12 December 2020

The SETI League is saddened to report the demise of the Arecibo Radio Telescope on 1 December 2020. The 305 metre diameter dish, for half a century the world's largest, collapsed following structural failure of two of its receiver platform support cables. This archival photo shows Prof. H. Paul Shuch, our Executive Director, at the facility in July, 2007.

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5 December 2020

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5 September 2020

Giuseppe Tanzella Nitti (Professor of Fundamental Theology, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome, and Vatican Observatory) invokes the Drake Equation in his lecture "Plurality of Worlds and Christian Faith", at the Italy-Ukraine SETI conference held online in June.

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29 August 2020

Vil Bakirov (President of V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University) presents "Waiting for the Big Contact: the need for exosociology", at the Italy-Ukraine SETI conference held online in June.

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22 August 2020

Massimo Capaccioli (Emeritus Professor, Naples University Federico II) discusses infinite worlds from myth to science, at "Are We Alone In The Universe?", the Italy-Ukraine Conference held online in June.

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15 August 2020

At "Are We Alone In The Universe?", the Italy-Ukraine Conference held online in June, Stelio Montebugnoli (Emeritus Senior Engineer at INAF-IRA and INAF Special Advisor for SETI) discusses the microwave search space.

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8 August 2020

On June 9-11, 2020, "Are We Alone In The Universe?", the III Italy-Ukraine Conference celebrating the Italian Research Day in the World was held, this year in a webinar format due to the COVID-19 emergency that made traveling impossible.

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1 August 2020

The SETI League thanks Julia DeMarines of the Berkeley SETI Research Center for continuing to moderate monthly online IAA SETI Community Meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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25 July 2020

As the COVID-19 pandemic impacts all of us, SETI League Executive Director Emeritus H. Paul Shuch continues to work from home, and participate in monthly online IAA SETI Community Meetings.

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18 July 2020

IAA SETI Committee chairman and SETI League member Claudio Maccone continues to work from home, participating every month in online SETI Community Meetings.

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11 July 2020

Throughout the COVID-19 emergency, SETI League executive director Prof. H. Paul Shuch has continued to work from home. Here he is interacting with colleagues around the world, in a monthly online SETI Community Meeting.

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4 July 2020

Prof. Daniel Angerhausen of ETH Zurich practices proper social distancing, by checking in to this month's online SETI Community Meeting from the Moon.

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27 June 2020

This is the radio telescope at the Dwingeloo Radio Observatory from which Daniela DePaulis, IU0IDY, conducted EME (moonbounce) experiments, as reported at a recent online SETI Community Meeting.

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20 June 2020

During the monthly online SETI Community Meeting in February 2020, Daniela DePaulis, IU0IDY, reported on her EME (moonbounce) experiments from the Dwingeloo Radio Observatory in the Netherlands.

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13 June 2020

This rack-mounted master control panel was built by Scott Carter, VE3CGN, to aid in aiming and operation of his 3 meter Project Argus dish in Dutton, Ontario, Canada.

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6 June 2020

Our zero-baseline 2020 Annual Budget, as adopted at last month's SETI League virtual Board of Trustees Meeting, anticipates a slight deficit, but ample financial reserves.

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30 May 2020

Our 2019 Financial Report, as presented by Secretary/treasurer Heather Wood at last month's SETI League virtual Board of Trustees Meeting, shows a slightly higher annual deficit than anticipated.

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23 May 2020

Working from home, Secretary/treasurer Heather Wood presents the annual financial report at the recent SETI League virtual Board of Trustees Meeting.

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16 May 2020

President Richard Factor attended the recent SETI League Board of Trustees Meeting from home, practicing proper social distancing during the current health emergency.

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9 May 2020

Executive Director H. Paul Shuch convened last week's SETI League Board of Trustees Meeting by electronic means, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

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2 May 2020

Scott Carter, VE3CGN, with his 3 meter converted TVRO dish, which he continues to use for L-band Project Argus observations in Dutton, Ontario, Canada.

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25 April 2020

A commemoration of the life and works of the late Academician Nikolai Semionovich Kardashev was presented by his Russian colleague Prof. Vladimir Strelnitski, at the International Astronautical Congress in Washington DC last October.

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18 April 2020

IAA SETI Committee members in attendance at the 23 October 2019 committee meeting, held in conjunction with the International Astronautical Congress in Washington DC.

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11 April 2020

At the beginning of the IAA SETI Committee meeting on 23 October 2019, Drs. Jill Tarter, Andrew Siemion, Denise Herzing, Mike Garrett, Vladimir Strelnitski, and Claudio Maccone observe a moment of silence in memory of the late Russian SETI pioneer, Academician Nikolai Semionovich Kardashev.

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4 April 2020

Last November's Philcon science fiction convention included a lively discussion of Tabby's Star, with Earl Bennett, David Stokes, H. Paul Shuch, and Bob Hranek participating.

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28 March 2020

Earl Bennett, John Ashmead, and H. Paul Shuch participating in the panel discussion on life in the solar system, last November at Philcon.

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21 March 2020

A sizeable crowd turned out for the panel discussion on searching for life in the solar system, at last November's Philcon science fiction convention.

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14 March 2020

John Skylar, Earl Bennett, and H. Paul Shuch presented "Looking for Life in Our Solar System" at the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society's annual convention last November.

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7 March 2020

At last November's Philcon science fiction convention, SETI League member Muriel Hykes spoke about artificial intelligence.

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29 February 2020

Members of the Philadelphia Area Space Alliance gathered in Cherry Hill NJ for a dinner meeting last November.

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22 February 2020

In a presentation on SETI post-detection protocols at the 2019 IAA SETI Committee meeting, Kathryn Denning reviewed the history and demographics of the Committee.

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15 February 2020

At the IAA SETI Committee meeting held during the International Astronautical Congress in Washington DC, October 2019, Andrew Siemion of the UC Berkeley SETI Group reported on progress in the Breakthrough Listen project.

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8 February 2020

This pie chart summarizes The SETI League's operating revenues for calendar year 2019.

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1 February 2020

This pie chart summarizes The SETI League's operating expenses for calendar year 2019.

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25 January 2020

(left to right) IAA SETI Committee Secretary Andrew Siemion, Vice-Chair Michael Garrett, Chair Claudio Maccone, and Nicolo Antonietti at the Committee meeting held during the International Astronautical Congress in Washington DC in October, 2019.

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18 January 2020

The IAA SETI Committee meeting in Washington DC in October, 2019 opened with a presentation remembering the contributions of recently departed Russian SETI pioneer Nikolai Kardashev.

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11 January 2020

The IAA SETI Committee met in Washington DC during the October, 2019 International Astronautical Congress. For the benefit of those unable to attend in person, the UC Berkeley SETI group provided streaming and teleconferencing services.

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4 January 2020

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