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Zooming in from Sweden for the 2023 Penn State SETI Symposium, Matais Suazo discusses his analysis of Dyson Sphere candidates. SETI League photo

30 December 2023

Also attending the Penn State SETI Symposium remotely, James Davenport reported on the first workshop on SETI using the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope. SETI League photo

23 December 2023

Attending the Penn State SETI Symposium remotely, Ann Marie Cody reported on the search for technosignatures through anomalies in the TESS telescope data set. SETI League photo

16 December 2023

In a breakout session at the 2023 Penn State SETI Symposium, participants analyzed and discussed with Tessa Fisher her SETI-relevant science fiction story "Spider Plant". SETI League photo

9 December 2023

SETI League executive director emeritus H. Paul Shuch with Nicolo Antonietti (and other colleagues in the background), at the Penn State SETI Symposium banquet, held in a microbrewery. SETI League photo

2 December 2023

Megan Grace Li reports on the citizen science initiative "Are We Alone?" at the Second PSU SETI Symposium. SETI League photo

25 November 2023

At the Second PSU SETI Symposium, Jean-Luc Margot reported on the UCLA search for signatures around nearly 10,000 stars with the Green Bank Telescope at 1.15 to 1.73 GHz. SETI League photo

18 November 2023

Gabriela Radulescu brought an historian's perspective to the SETI discipline at the Second Penn State SETI Symposium. SETI League photo

11 November 2023

At the Second Penn State SETI Symposium, Evan Sneed reported on his continuing search for technosignatures during planet-planet occultations. SETI League photo

4 November 2023

At the 2023 Penn State SETI Symposium, Clement Vidal discusses the Mantras of Astrobiology: Leading and Misleading Metaphors. SETI League photo

28 October 2023

At the Second Penn State SETI Symposium, Armando Mastrogiovanni reviewed the relationship between SETI and the Theoretical Humanities. SETI League photo

21 October 2023

SETI Instutute scientist and longtime SETI League member Vishal Gajjar (right) presented the invited Pesek Lecture on life in the universe, at last week's International Astronautical Congress in Baku. Afterward, he discussed planetary defense issues with Apollo 9 astronaut Rusty Schweickart. IAC photo

14 October 2023

In a plenary session of the Second Penn State SETI Symposium, artist Daniela DePauls reports on her Sign in Space project, in which a simulated extraterrestrial message was transmitted from a spacecraft, received on Earth, and is being analyzed globally in attempts to interpret it. SETI League photo

7 October 2023

Also attending virtually, former NASA historian Steve Dick considers cultural evolution in the post-biological universe, at the Second Penn State SETI Symposium. SETI League photo

30 September 2023

Attending the Second Penn State SETI Symposium virtually, Kathryn Denning chairs the first breakout session, titled The Alien in the Machine: Post-Detection in the Era of AI. SETI League photo

23 September 2023

David Kipping addresses the Alien Hypothesis in the context of experimental design, at the Second Penn State SETI Symposium. SETI League photo

16 September 2023

On the first day of the 2023 Penn State SETI Symposium, Daniel Mills asks, "Are there 'hard steps' on the road to intelligence?" SETI League photo

9 September 2023

Kicking off the 2nd Penn State SETI Symposium, presenter Adam Frank discusses Technosignatures and the Oxygen Bottleneck, maintaining that life (as we know it) requires an atmospheric oxygen content of at least 18%. SETI League photo

2 September 2023

Representing the Organizing Committee, Rebecca Charbonneau welcomes attendees to Penn State's 2nd SETI Symposium. SETI League photo

26 August 2023

This 1995 photo of Executive Director H. Paul Shuch and his wife Muriel Hykes (remembered here) was taken by SETI League president and founder Richard Factor, during one of their many visits to his home. Richard Factor photo

19 August 2023

The in-person attendance at this year's Penn State SETI Symposium was down somewhat from last year, but remote (online) participation was up significantly. SETI League photo

12 August 2023

The SETI League mourns the passing last week of Life Member Muriel Hykes, wife of our Executive Director Emeritus, Dr. H. Paul Shuch (who remembers her here). Luther Aungst photo

5 August 2023

Venue for last month's Penn State SETI Symposium. The sign suggests that the Nittany Lion (PSU mascott) must have 5 paws and 20 toes. SETI League photo

29 July 2023

Upon adjournment of the 2023 virtual Board Meeting, Moonbounce Committee chair Allen Katz stayed around to answer member Fred Erskine's technical questions about signal combining for his 70 cm interferometer project. SETI League screen shot

22 July 2023

Following the 2023 Membership Meeting, Trustees Richard Factor, H. Paul Shuch, and Heather Wood convened the Annual Board Meeting online via Zoom. SETI League screen shot

15 July 2023

We were pleased to have member Jon Richards, who heads up software engineering for the SETI Institute's Allen Telescope Array, join us for this year's virtual meeting. SETI League screen shot

8 July 2023

Bill Kitchen, who conceived and headed up the Interstellar Beacon initiative, reported on the wrap-up of that project at this year's Zoom membership meeting. SETI League screen shot

1 July 2023

During the SETI League's 2023 virtual Annual Membership Meeting Elisabeth Piotelat, our volunteer Regional Coordinator for France, brought the membership up to date on her activities. SETI League screen shot

24 June 2023

From Canada, SETI League Special Projects Coordinator Scott Carter zoomed in for the Annual Membership Meeting to present his report on our ongoing research efforts. SETI League screen shot

17 June 2023

Being on the road between professional meetings, SETI League president Richard Factor attended this year's virtual Annual Membership Meeting from a hotel room that (fortunately) had adequate wi-fi service. SETI League screen shot

10 June 2023

Attending from home, Secretary/treasurer Heather Wood presents the annual financial report at the recent SETI League annual membership meeting. SETI League screen shot

3 June 2023

Online via the Zoom platform, the 2023 SETI League Annual Membership Meeting was attended last month by three Trustees, six members, and one guest, checking in from three different countries. SETI League screen shot

27 May 2023

Last month from his lab in Pennsylvania, Executive Director Emeritus H. Paul Shuch convened the SETI League Annual Meeting virtually via the Zoom platform. SETI League screen shot

20 May 2023

At the International Academy of Astronautics meeting in Paris in March, our friend Claudio Maccone was presented the Academy's Basic Sciences Book Award for his mathematical tome Evo SETI. IAA image

13 May 2023

More radioastronomy songs were heard from Dr. SETI at the SETI Symposium 2022 banquet. Jason Wright photo

6 May 2023

H. Paul Shuch (aka Dr. SETI) provided the after-dinner entertainment at the SETI Symposium 2022 banquet. Jason Wright photo

29 April 2023

At our Annual Meeting last week, the SETI League Board of Trustees adopted this break-even working budget for 2023. SETI League image

22 April 2023

This SETI League 2022 Financial Statement is pending review and acceptance at our upcoming Annual Meeting on 16 April 2023. SETI League image

15 April 2023

At SETI Symposium 2022, David Kipping had the daunting task of summarizing SETI theory in just 40 minutes. SETI League photo

8 April 2023

The media panel at SETI Symposium 2022 grapples with issues associated with the rebranding of SETI as a search for technosignatures. SETI League photo

1 April 2023

At SETI Symposium 2022, James Davenport discusses SETI signal coordination between us and ETI, through the occurrence of noteworthy observable astrophysical events. SETI League photo

25 March 2023

Ramiro Saide's presentation at SETI Symposium 2022 outlined his efforts to simulate Earth's electromagnetic leakage from about a million cellphone towers, to determine detectablity at three specific nearby stars. SETI League photo

18 March 2023

Virisha Timmaraju's presentation at SETI Symposium 2022 touched on the NASA Exoplanet Exploration Program's efforts to identify habitable worlds. SETI League photo

11 March 2023

The hybrid nature of SETI Symposium 2022 allowed for remote participation by distant members of the SETI community. SETI League photo

4 March 2023

SETI League member Brian McConnell listening intently to an Optical SETI presentation by Shelley Wright, at SETI Symposium 2022. SETI League photo

25 February 2023

At SETI Symposium 2022, SETI League member Brian McConnell presents Executive Director Emeritus H. Paul Shuch with an autographed copy of his new Alien Communication Handbook. SETI League photo

18 February 2023

Pete Worden, former director of the NASA Ames Research Center, now heads up the Breakthrough Initiatives. At SETI Symposium 2022, he updated us on their SETI efforts and projects. SETI League photo

11 February 2023

Citing Seth Shostak, Doug Vakoch, and David Brin, Chelsea Haramia makes a distinction between detection and messaging. SETI League photo

4 February 2023

At SETI Symposium 2022, Hilding Nielson revisits the Drake Equation from the perspective of indigenous peoples. SETI League photo

28 January 2023

In exploring the interdisciplinary nature of SETI, Rebecca Charbonneau explores bridging the disconnect between the physical and social sciences. SETI League photo

21 January 2023

Ken Huston outlines strategies for maximizing detection rate in radio SETI, at SETI Symposium 2022. SETI League photo

14 January 2023

The SETI Institute's Savin Varghese reported on commensal SETI observations with the VLA, at SETI Symposium 2022. SETI League photo

7 January 2023

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