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Latest Astronomy Lectures on YouTube and Podcasts SETI NASA Los Altos California
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New Astronomy Lectures Available
Thank you for your interest in the Silicon Valley Astronomy Lecture Series. All six of the talks from the current year are now available on our You Tube channel:
http://youtube.com/svastronomylectures
and
as audio podcasts at:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1805595
and any of the major podcast nodes.
These include:
• Dr. Oliver White (SETI Institute): Science at the Edge of the Solar System -- Pluto and Arrokoth
• Dr. Jonathan Fortney (U of Calif. Santa Cruz): Exoplanet Atmospheres with the James Webb Space Telescope
• Dr. Dan Coe (Space Telescope Sci Inst): Glimpsing the First Stars with the Webb Telescope
• Dr. David Weintraub (Vanderbilt U.): The Impact on Religion of the Discovery of Life Elsewhere.
Older talks include Paul Halpern on the Multiverse, Jim Bell on Postcards from Mars, and Nobel Laureate Andrea Ghez on the monster black hole at the center of the Milky Way. All the talks are free to view or listen to.
Astronomical Fiction That May Interest You
And for a quick change-of-pace: For the last few years, I have been writing science fiction stories based on good astronomy, and wanted to share my latest with you: Called "The Lurker," it was published in "The Worlds Within" magazine; you can read it free at:
http://bit.ly/thelurker
It’s about the possibility that advanced civilizations among the stars might send automated probes to our solar system (and others); probes that wait - lurking quietly – to detect some sign of intelligent life. I tried to imagine how some hapless explorers in the future might accidentally trigger one of these probes. I hope you enjoy it.
This is my 10th published story of science fiction based on astronomical themes. You can find links to the entire list at:
http://bit.ly/sfbyfraknoi
Included are a story of using black holes to get over a failed romance, and one called "I Swallowed a Martian."
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