Big Picture Science – Exoplanets: Planet Hunting 101

Can't get enough Seth? Well, if seeking professional help doesn't work, try perusing this trove of Seth's writings:

"Alien satellites might offer a new way to find E.T.," NBC News, March 19, 2018.

"Scientists say space aliens could hack our planet," NBC News, February 21, 2018.

"Phoning Home: Is Intellligent Alien Life Really Out There?," Futurism, January 31, 2018.

"10 top science minds tell what strange new body part they'd like to have: Seth Shostak: Better Color Vision," NBC News, January 28, 2018.

"Simple math shows how many space aliens may be out there," NBC News, January 26, 2018.

"UFO believers got one thing right. Here's what they get wrong." NBC News, January 3, 2018.

Want yet more Seth? Check out this lengthy collection of his writings at seti.org!

October 2018:
DNA is Not Destiny (10/15/18)
Creature Discomforts (10/8/18)
Wonder Women (10/1/18)
September 2018:
Skeptic Check:
Heal Thyself (9/24/18)
DNA: Nature's Hard Drive (9/17/18)
Angles of a Hack (9/10/18)
Plan of a Hack (9/3/18)
August 2018:
New Water Worlds (8/27/18)
Too Big To Prove (8/20/18)
It's Habitable Forming (8/13/18)
Skeptic Check:
Brain Gain (8/6/18)
July 2018:
It's In Material (7/30/18)
Identity Crisis (7/23/18)
On Thin Ice (7/16/18)
What Goes Around (7/9/18)
Frogs' Pants (7/2/18)
June 2018:
Free Range Dinosaurs (6/25/18)
Perpetual Emotion Machine (6/18/18)
Skeptic Check:
Flat Earth (6/11/18)
Imagining Planets (6/4/18)
May 2018:
Time On Your Side (5/28/18)
Your Brain's Reins (5/21/18)
You Are Exposed (5/14/18)
We Are VR (5/7/18)
April 2018:
What Have You Got To Move (4/30/18)
High Moon (4/23/18)
Skeptic Check:
Political Scientist (4/16/18)
Brain Dust (4/9/18)
Hawkingravity (4/2/18)
March 2018:
Skeptic Check:
Your Inner Lab Coat (3/26/18)
The X-Flies (3/19/18)
Shell on Earth (3/12/18)
Space: Why Go There? (3/5/18)
February 2018:
Meet Your Robot Barista (2/26/18)
Quantum:
Why We Want 'Em (2/19/18)
Bacteria to the Future (2/12/18)
Creative Brains (2/5/18)
January 2018:
Skeptic Check:
New UFO Evidence (1/29/18)
DIY Spaceflight (1/22/18)
Geology is Destiny (1/15/18)
Are Animals Really That Smart? (1/8/18)
Weather Vain (1/1/18)
December 2017:
DIY Diagnosis (12/25/17)
Rerouting... Rerouting (12/18/17)
With All Our Mites (12/11/17)
Air Apparent (12/4/17)
November 2017:
Time Travel Agents (11/27/17)
Wonder Women (11/20/17)
Skeptic Check:
Nibiru! (Again!) (11/13/17)
DNA: Nature's Hard Drive (11/6/17)
October 2017:
Venom Digram (10/30/17)
Sex Post Facto (10/23/17)
Too Big To Prove (10/16/17)
On Defense (10/9/17)
It's In Material (10/2/17)
September 2017:
Skeptic Check:
Aliens - The Evidence (9/25/17)
Angles of a Hack (9/18/17)
Plan of a Hack (9/11/17)
Born Legacy (9/04/17)
August 2017:
Elements Never Forget (8/28/17)
Musical Universe (8/21/17)
On Thin Ice (8/14/17)
Skeptic Check:
Busting Myths with Adam Savage (8/7/17)

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