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Jan 29, 2025 55 min

The Search for Space Aliens

from The Supermassive Podcast

Hosts Izzie Clarke and Dr Becky Smethurst are starting 2025 with a biggie. The scientific search for extraterrestrial life: Where are scientists looking? How do they search for potential signals? And what the heck is the plan if they find one?! The Supermassive team hears from Seth Shostak from the SETI Institute about the search for life beyond Earth, and Dr John Elliot from the University of St Andrews explains what would happen if we were to detect them. Thanks for all of your brilliant questions - keep them coming! You can email [email protected] or find us on instagram, @SupermassivePod. And, as promised, here's more information on National Astronomy Week 2025, running from 1st-9th February: https://astronomyweek.org.uk The Supermassive Podcast is a Boffin Media production. The producers are Izzie Clarke and Richard Hollingham.

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