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Astronomer tells Athens audience: E.T. liable to phone any day
The Athens News ^ | 11/13/06 | Andrew Tillotson

Posted on 11/13/2006 7:03:45 PM PST by KevinDavis

Intelligent life is likely abundant in the cosmos, and we will find evidence of it soon, according to one of the world's top experts on the ongoing search for extraterrestrial life.

Seth Shostak, the senior astronomer at the SETI Institute in Mountain View, Calif., gave a pair of talks in Athens last week about what his organization does to search for alien life, why he believes it is out there, and what might happen when we find it.

SETI is a general acronym for "Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence" that can apply to any group that does such work, and does not exclusively refer to Shostak's institute.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: et; space; xplanets
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To: KevinDavis

What's his number? I want to crank call this guy.


21 posted on 11/14/2006 3:58:48 AM PST by ovrtaxt (Well, they wanted to be just like the Dems. Now, they're just like the Dems.)
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