Weekly Space Hangout - The ATA & Technosignatures With Dr. Sophia Sheikh (SETI Institute)

<p class="p1"><a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=253DbqwGdH8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=253DbqwGdH8</a></p> <p class="p1">[Sorry for the continued audio dropouts, but just wait! Soon Fraser’ll have fiber at his house and this will all be a thing of the past! - Rich]</p> <p class="p1"><strong>Streamed live on Oct 26, 2022.</strong></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1"><strong>Host:</strong> Fraser Cain ( <a href="https://twitter.com/fcain">@fcain</a> )</span><span class= "s2"><br /></span><span class="s1"><strong>Special Guest:</strong></span> As we discover new exoplanets on an almost daily basis - particularly now that JWST is online - scientists are ramping up their research into identifying those planets that may exhibit traces of life (as we know it.) Scientists use spectrographs to examine the composition of these exoplanet atmospheres looking markers called technosignatures - trace elements that may be indicative of life. What constitutes a technosignature? Does the presence of one or more technosignatures mean that an exoplanet is a strong candidate for hosting life? Can atmospheric markers not included in our current list of technosignatures still be indicative of life, just not as we know it? This week, we welcome Dr. Sofia Sheikh from the SETI Institute (<a href= "https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbTBtYVQ0M1oyUlg0T2cwNk1ZSU5WMm8xQ05JUXxBQ3Jtc0ttMkc0cFJlVUVmUDA2bGhrNFJiakd4dU5HU2pTb3N1SjZJSklNMFlsbWFMZkU4eDFDRFpFOGJzZV9uaHpiV25QV3BuN1ktal90NC1wbXZRR0tyS0x0OEh6a2lnS2plSDJqdEpNcU9md0x6aDRLNUVEYw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.seti.org%2F&v=253DbqwGdH8">https://www.seti.org/</a>) to discuss how the ATA is playing an instrumental role in this research.</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1"><strong>Dr. Sofia Z. Sheikh</strong> is a radio astronomer and astrobiologist working at the SETI Institute. She obtained her undergraduate degrees in physics and astronomy at UC Berkeley, and has recently returned to the Bay Area with an NSF-ASCEND Postdoctoral Fellowship after g