Is Anybody Out There? Searching for Life Elsewhere

Dates: May 19, 2025
Meets: M from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
 Location: Bozeman, MT - Museum of the Rockies
Cost:  $0.00

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Date Day Time
05/19/2025Monday3 PM to 5 PM

Please note: This course program requires membership in a 2024-2025 OLLI at MSU Membership

Description

Ever since humans have looked up into the night sky, we've wondered if there's anybody out there looking back. The talk will summarize the long search, from fanciful early speculations to sky-scanning radio signal hunts, investigations of potentially life-favorable habitats in the solar system, and the quest for Earth-like planets around other stars. Will we recognize life if we find it? How will we react if we do?

Course Takeaways

  • To provide a greater understanding of the search for life beyond the Earth.
  • To describe key philosophical questions to ponder regarding this search.
  • To spur further thinking and exploration.
Fee:  $0.00

Bozeman, MT - Museum of the Rockies

600 West Kagy Blvd
Bozeman, Montana 59717

Jim Manning

Jim Manning is a past director of the Taylor Planetarium at the Museum of the Rockies. He's served as head of the Office of Public Outreach at the Space Telescope Science Institute and as executive director of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. He's taught and spoken on astronomical topics, including the search for life in the universe.