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Jill Tarter
Jan. 31, 2014
At Sundance, Scientists and Screenwriters Are Judges
What makes science work on-screen? This year’s Sundance judges weigh in.
Jill Tarter, Kevin Hand, Jon Spaihts, park city, utah, sundance, sundance film festival, 2001: a space odyssey, movies, film, sci-fi, scifi
May. 10, 2013
Hello...Is There Anybody Out There?
The SETI Institute’s Jill Tarter talks about her career searching for intelligent life beyond Earth.
seti, alien life, astrobiology, search for extraterrestrial intelligence, jill tarter, contact
Apr. 29, 2011
The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Is Put On Hold
Funding cutbacks have forced the hibernation of the Allen Telescope Array--that's the series of dishes used to search for radio signals from alien life.
seti, space, alien life, extraterrestrial
seti extraterrestrial space life
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