Ep. 741: Technosignatures

Astronomy Cast

Science, Astronomy, Natural Sciences, Space

4.8 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Astronomy Cast Ep. 741: Technosignatures By Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Jan 20, 2025. As humanity developed more advanced technology, we’re having a larger effect on our environment. The more we do, the more we could be detectable. And this gives us ideas on how we could detect other civilizations, even if they don’t realize we’re watching. SUPPORTED BY YOU This Episode is made possible thanks to our Patrons on Patreon. Join at the Galaxy Group level or higher to be listed in our YouTube videos. Thanks to: Andrew Poelstra, BogieNet, Brian Cagle, David, David Truog, Ed, Gerhard, Schwarzer, Jeanette Wink, Siggi Kemmler, Stephen Veit

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0:00.0	I'm
0:02.0	Oh Thank you. I'm going to Astronomycast, Episode 741, Techno Signatures. Welcome to Astronomycast, our weekly facts-based journey through the cosmos,
0:56.6	where we help you understand not only what we know, but how we know what we know.
0:59.9	I'm Fraser Kane.
1:00.6	I'm the publisher of the universe today.
1:01.9	With me, as always is Dr. Pamela Kay, a senior scientist for the Planetary Science Institute
1:06.5	and the director of CosmoQuest.
1:08.7	Hey, Pamela, how are you doing?
1:10.0	And where are you?
1:11.3	I am in a hotel room in Orlando, Florida.
1:16.2	I got to see the Firefly Aerospace and Ice Space.
1:22.4	Landers, hopeful landers, take off on a Falcon 9 last week.
1:26.3	I had planned to go see the new Glenn launch,
1:29.3	but I had a moment of fail. They sent out an email saying that they weren't going to have a
1:36.3	media site set up, and it was cold, and it was gross. And I was like, oh, it's not going to
1:42.1	actually launch tonight. So I decided to stay warm, wrapped up in a blanket, and it did actually launch.
1:51.0	Right.
1:51.5	At some point, you're hearing the building shaking.
1:53.8	You're like, oh, no.
1:55.4	Yeah.
1:56.0	Right.
1:56.2	There goes.
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