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Where is Everybody? The SETI Paradox | Stories From Space Podcast With Matthew S Williams
What if the reason we're not hearing from aliens is that everyone out there is listening, but no one is broadcasting messages?
What is a Habitable Zone? | Stories From Space Podcast With Matthew S Williams
The term "habitable zone" comes up a lot when discussing exoplanets and extraterrestrial life these days. But what exactly does it mean?
Where is Everybody? The Percolation Hypothesis | Stories From Space Podcast With Matthew S Williams
Could it be that the reason we haven't seen or heard from any advanced civilizations is that interstellar settlement only happens in small clusters? This is the essence of the Percolation Hypothesis.
The Gift of Gravitational Lensing | A Conversation with Dr. Slava Turyshev | Stories From Space Podcast With Matthew S Williams
Dr. Slava Turyshev is a NASA researcher and one of the leading advocates for creating a telescope that will use our Sun as a Solar Gravitational Lens (SGL).
Swarming Proxima Centauri | A Conversation with Marshall Eubanks | Stories From Space Podcast With Matthew S Williams
Marshall Eubanks and his team of researchers are working on a concept for sending thousands of probes to Proxima Centauri to explore the nearest exoplanet.
Where is Everybody? The Rare Earth Hypothesis | Stories From Space Podcast With Matthew S Williams
Could it be that the reason we have found no evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence is that life is rarer than we think?
Where is Everybody? The Aurora Hypothesis | Stories From Space Podcast With Matthew S Williams
Perhaps the reason we haven't heard from any extraterrestrial civilizations is because of the "Aurora Effect," named in honor of the 2015 novel Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson
Ancient Astronauts Theory | Stories From Space Podcast With Matthew S Williams
Could Earth have been visited by an advanced species of aliens in the past, and could this "paleocontact" have played a role in the cultural (or biological) evolution of our species?
The Firstborn Hypothesis | Stories From Space Podcast With Matthew S Williams
Could humanity be the first intelligent civilization to emerge in our galaxy? Could that be why, when we look up at the night sky, we are confronted with a "Great Silence"?
The History of SETI | A Conversation with Dr. Rebecca Charbonneau | Stories From Space Podcast With Matthew S Williams
Dr. Rebecca Charbonneau is a science and SETI historian and a Karl Jansky Fellow at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory.
The Drake Equation | Stories From Space Podcast With Matthew S Williams
In 1961, in preparation for the first SETI conference, famed astronomer Dr. Frank Drake formulated an equation for calculating the number of extraterrestrial civilizations in the Milky Way.
Where is Everybody? Our Interstellar Future | A Conversation with Professor Avi Loeb | Stories From Space Podcast With Matthew S Williams
This week I sat down with Harvard Professor Avi Loeb, founder of the Galileo Project and a leading authority on the investigation of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP)
Where Are All the Aliens? The Dark Forest Hypothesis | Stories From Space Podcast With Matthew S Williams
Could the reason for the "Great Silence" be that no extraterrestrial civilizations want to communicate? Perhaps they're afraid of giving their position away and would rather play it safe.
Where Are All the Aliens? The Brief Window Hypothesis | Stories From Space Podcast With Matthew S Williams
Could the reason we haven't heard from an extraterrestrial civilization is that there's a limit to how long a civilization can broadcast? This is the logic behind the Brief Window Hypothesis.