Visions

KEYWORDS: alien; bioastronomy; biocosmology; Fermi Paradox; plurality of worlds; SETI; uniqueness

Where are they?

Enrico Fermi (Fermi's Paradox, sans preamble, Summer 1950)

Why are we unaware of ETI?

John A. Ball

"I know what's really bothering you. It's not that the question is unanswered. It's the idea that you won't be around when the answer comes. You always did think you were the center of everything, Malenfant."

Emma Stoney (Stephen Baxter, Manifold: Origin, Feb 2002)

List of Contents
Environment Future Studies SETI: Other Roads Bioastronomy and the SETI Debate Other Places: Extrasolar Planets Other Tales: Exobiology Other Travellers: Search and Contact

SETI: Other Roads

Bioastronomy and the SETI Debate
Other Places: Extrasolar Planets
Other Tales: Exobiology
Other Travellers: Search and Contact


Far and few, far and few,
Are the lands where the Jumblies live.
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue;
And they went to sea in a sieve.

Edward Lear

Astrobiology at NASA

NASA Astrobiology Institute

Astrobiology, Astronomy, and Spaceflight, The Encyclopedia of
(David J. Darling)

The Astrobiology Forum (Johns Hopkins University)

The Astrobiology Forum (David J. Darling)

Mars Bugs: The Astrobiology Index (David J. Thomas)

Astrobiology Magazine - Your Online eZine on Life in the Universe
(Helen Matsos et al., NASA)

The Astrobiology Network: Exploring The Living Universe
(The Astrobiology Web)

Astrobiology Roadmap (NASA Astrobiology)

Astrobiology Subject Guide (Liz Saniga, NASA/Goddard Spaceflight Center)

The Astrobiology Web | Your Online Guide to the Living Universe

Calendar of Events | SpaceRef

SpaceRef - News and Media

SpaceRef - Organizations

SpaceRef - Astrobiology and Life Science

SpaceRef - Education

Astrobiology at ASU: Events Calendar

Astrobiology Australasia - Astrobiology Research in Australia and New Zealand (Jeremy Bailey, Anglo-Australian Observatory)

The Astrobiology Society of Britain

Bioastronomy: Search for Extraterrestrial Life (IAU Commission 51)

exoScience - News (David Watanabe)

The NASA Astrobiology Roadmap (David J. Des Marais et al., Astrobiology 3(2):219, Summer 2003)

NASA's Origins Program (JPL)

-- News

Origins Education Forum (NASA/STScI)

-- Origins Calendar Events

Project Argus Technical Email List

Project Ozma: The First SETI (Kelly Beatty, Sky & Telescope News Blog, 8 Apr 2010)

Project Phoenix in Arecibo

Radio Astrobiology (Astrobiology Magazine, 27 Mar 2006)

Radio Astrobiology (Astrobiology Magazine)

The Scientific Search for Extraterrestrial Life in the Universe: The Canadian Contribution (SETICanada.com)

SETI@home Newsletters

SETI Forum (SETI@Home)

SETI Institute Home Page

-- Life at the SETI Institue (blog)

-- SETIcon

-- SETI Institute Newsletter (Archive)

-- SETI Institute/Space.com Columns, Archive of Weekly

The SETI League: Searching for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence

-- A Brief SETI Chronology (Robert M. Owen)

-- Contact In Context Home Page

-- SearchLites Quarterly Newsletter

-- The SETI League Press Release Page

-- Public SETI Email List

-- SETI Endeavor: SETI Mailing List Archive (Stephen A. Zarkos)

-- SETI BioAstronomy Email List

-- SETI SuperStar Award Winning Websites

SETI News (Universe Today)

SETI Searches Today (Alan M. MacRobert, Sky & Telescope)

SETI: Search for Life (Space.com Special Report)

SETItalk List: General Discussion about SETI (TalkSpace)

SETIWEB News Links

The Astrobiology Society of Britain

Upcoming Events Related to Exobiology (Exobiology Branch at ARC)

Yahoo! Groups - SETI

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Bioastronomy and the SETI Debate

To deal with so vast a subject requires apology; neither a biologist nor anyone else can pretend to adequate knowledge over more than parts of it. But that is no reason to leave it undiscussed.

Carl Pantin

The earth-sun system as a strong source of narrow-band microwaves is one of the newer phenomena in the Galaxy. Was there ever a predecessor? That is the issue.

Philip Morrison

AAAS Resources on the Cosmos (DoSER)

AbSciCon - Astrobiology Science Conference (SETI Institute)

Alien Earths Online (Space Science Institute, Boulder, Colorado)

Alien Ideas Christianity and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life (Benjamin Wiler, Catholic Education Resource Center, Philosophy of Science Portal, 17 Nov 2011)

Alien Safari (Seth Shostak et al., Astrobiology Magazine, 2 Feb-16 Mar 2009)

Ames Research Center, Space Science Division (Ken Bollinger, NASA)

Answering Fermi's Paradox (Hugo de Garis, KurzweilAI.net, 22 Mar 2001)

Anthropic Coincidences (Al Schroeder)

Are We Alone? (Gregg Easterbrook, Atlantic Monthly, Aug. 1988)

Are We Alone? (SETI Institute Science Radio)

Are We Alone in the Universe? (Raymond G. Bohlin)

Are we alone in the universe? (video, Paul Davies & John Lennox, "Unbelievable,", Premier Christian Radio, 17 Apr 2010)

Are We Alone? The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
(ABC News.com)

Are We Alone? The Search for Life Elsewhere in the Universe
(General Studies 4014, University of Durham)

Are We Alone? The SETI Institute Radio Show

Ask Dr. SETI (SETI League)

Astrobiology and the Sacred: Implications of Life Beyond Earth
(Chris Impey et al., University of Arizona)

Astrobiology & SETI (National Institute for Discovery Science)

Astrobiology Australasia - Astrobiology Research in Australia and New Zealand (Jeremy Bailey, Anglo-Australian Observatory)

The Astrobiology Connection, with David Grinspoon (Radio Astrobiology, Astrobiology Magazine, 1 Nov 2006)

The Astrobiology Index (David J. Thomas)

Astrobiology Lecture Series (Learning Technologies Channel, NASA)

Astrobiology: The Living Universe (Adrian Hon et al., ThinkQuest)

Astrobiology Magazine - Your Online eZine on Life in the Universe
(Helen Matsos et al., NASA)

-- European Astrobiology Magazine

Astrobiology Magazine European Edition

Astrobiology Online (Beth Schachter, In Situ, HMS Beagle 66, 15 Nov 1999)

The Astrobiology Primer: An Outline of General Knowledge (ed. Lucas J. Mix et al., Astrobiology 6(5):735-813, 2006; astro-ph/0610926, 31 Oct 2006)

Astrobiology Science Conference Website
(NASA Ames Research Center)

Astrobiology: The Search for Life
(Exploratorium Origins)

Astrobiology Subject Guide (Liz Saniga, NASA/Goddard Spaceflight Center)

Astrobiology, the transcendent science: The promise of astrobiology as an integrative approach for science and engineering education and research (James T. Staley, Current Opinion in Biotechnology 14:3:347-354, Jun 2003)

Astrophysics of Life (STScI Symposium, 6-9 May 2002)

BBC Online - Space - Life?

Beyond the Drake Equation (Douglas S. Jones)

Bioastronomy (Net Advance of Physics)

Bioastronomy FAQ

Bioastronomy 99 (6th Bioastronomy Conference, 2-6 August 1999)

Bioastronomy 2002 (University of Western Sydney, 8-12 Jul 2002)

Camille Flammarion, Lumen, English Edition, 1897 (English Server)

Carl Sagan (~rpcman)

Carl Sagan, 1934-1996 (Corey S. Powell, Scientific American Explorations, 6 Jan 1997)

Carl Sagan Center for the Study of Life in The Universe (SETI Institute)

The Carl Sagan Club Online : The Life and Work of Carl Sagan
(mod. Alex Michael Bonnici)

CarlSagan.com (Ken Gibson et al., Cosmos Studios)

Carl Sagan Day (November 7)

The Carl Sagan Mailing List Home Page (R. Caleb Bloom)

Carl Sagan: The People's Astronomer (Richard S. Bell)

Case for Astrobiology (SETI Institute)

Celebrating Carl Sagan (eSkeptic, 4 Nov 2009)

The Center for SETI Research (SETI Institute)

The Chance of Finding Aliens: Reevaluating the Drake Equation
(Govert Schilling, Sky & Telescope, Dec 1998)

CIW NASA Astrobiology Institute (Carnegie Institute of Washington)

Contact In Context Home Page (SETI League)

The Cosmic Coincidence as a Temporal Selection Effect Produced by the Age Distribution of Terrestrial Planets in the Universe (Charles H. Lineweaver & Chas A. Egan, astro-ph/0703429, 16 Mar 2007)

The Cosmic Explainer (Profile of Carl Sagan by Frederic Golden, TIME.com, 20 Oct 1980)

Cosmic Search Magazine (ed. John Kraus, 1979-82)

Cosmos & Culture: Cultural Evolution in a Cosmic Context (ed. Steven J. Dick & Mark L. Lupisella, NASA SP 4802, 8 Jan 2010) PDF

The Cosmos: A Search for Life! (Rikin Gandhi et al.)

The detection of extra-terrestrial life and the consequences for science and society (M. Dominik & J. C. Zarnecki, Philosophical Transactions A, 13 Feb 2011)

Drake Equation (Astrobiology)

The Drake Equation (Bradley Keyes, The Active Mind)

The Drake Equation (Stephen Hooper)

Drake Equation for the Multiverse: From the String Landscape to Complex Life (Marcelo Gleiser, arXiv:1002.1651v1 [hep-th], 8 Feb 2010)

--The Drake Equation for the Multiverse (arXiv blog, Technology Review, 10 Feb 2010)

The Drake Equation is obsolete (Milan M. Cirkovic, Sentient Developments, 31 May 2007)

Drake Equation Page (R. Mark Elowitz, SEDS)

The Drake Equation Revisited (Palo Alto, 26 Aug 2003), Part I
(Frank Drake, Astrobiology Magazine, 29 Sep 2003)

The Drake Equation Revisited, Part II: Our Lonely Galaxy
(Peter Ward, Astrobiology Magazine, 6 Oct 2003)

The Drake Equation Revisited, Part III: Cause for Optimism
(David Grinspoon, Astrobiology Magazine, 13 Oct 2003)

The Drake Equation Revisited, Part IV: Is Intelligence a Biological Imperative? (Frank Drake et al., Astrobiology Magazine, 20 Oct 2003)

The Drake Equation Revisited, Part V: Galactic Civilizations
(Frank Drake et al., Astrobiology Magazine, 27 Oct 2003)

The Dr. Carl Sagan Honorary Site (Michael Rapp)

Dr. SETI's Starship: A Personal Journey (H. Paul Schuch)

EANA | European Exo/Astrobiology Network Association

The Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Astronomy, and Spaceflight: An Alphabetical Guide to the Living Universe (David J. Darling)

Evolutionary Catastrophes and the Goldilocks Problem (Milan M. Cirkovic, arXiv:0709.2309v1 [astro-ph], 14 Sep 2007)

-- Tau Ceti: Life Amidst Catastrophe? (Paul Gilster, Centauri Dreams, 20 Sep 2007)

Exobiology and SETI (R. Mark Elowitz, Las Cruces, New Mexico)

Exobiology and SETI Links (Paul Carr)

Exobiology - Life in the Universe (Gary Agranat, GCA7Sky)

Exo-Science and Alien Studies (LIT)

exoScience - Astronomy, Exobiology, Astrophysics (David Watanabe)

Exploring the Origin, Extent, and Future of Life: Philosophical, Ethical, and Theological Perspectives (AAAS Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion, 2003-4)

The Extraterrestrial Life debate in different cultures (Jean Schneider, arXiv:1003.0277v1 [physics.hist-ph], 1 Mar 2010)

Extraterrestrials invade Notre Dame: The truth is out there...in the library (Michael O. Garvery, University of Notre Dame News Release, 20 Aug 2008)

Fermi Paradox (Paul Horowitz)

The Fermi Paradox: Possible solutions and next steps (George Dvorsky, Sentient Developments, 6 Aug 2007)

Fermi's Paradox, Part 1: Our Galaxy Should Be Teeming With Civilizations, But Where Are They? (Seth Shostak, SETI Institute)

Fermi's Paradox, Part 2: What's Blocking Galactic Civilization?
(Seth Shostak)

Fermi's Paradox, Part 3: Zookeepers, Alien Visitors, or Simple Life; How Can We Explain Our Isolation? (Seth Shostak)

Fifth International Conference on Bioastronomy (July 1996)

50th Ozma Bioastronomy SETI (SETI Italia, 10 Apr 2010)

Galactic Punctuated Equilibrium: How to Undermine Carter's Anthropic Argument in Astrobiology (Milan M. Cirkovic et al., arXiv:0912.4980v1 [astro-ph.EP], 30 Dec 2009; Astrobiology 9(5):491-501 (2009))

Geometry.net | SETI

Giuseppe Cocconi, 1914 - 2008 (CERN Document Server: Record#1142555, 27 Nov 2008)

Glossary of Astrobiology Terms (Jeremy Bailey, Astrobiology Australasia)

Glossary of SETI Terms (Peter Coffee & Daniel Fox)

The Great Debate - Are We Alone? (Geoff Marcy & Dan Werthimer, UC Berkeley, 30 Apr 2010)

Great Debates (Astrobiology Magazine, Jul-Aug 2002)

Great Debates, Part I: Complex Life Elsewhere in the Universe?
(Astrobiology Magazine, 15 Jul 2002)

Great Debates, Part II: How far away is our E.T neighbor?
(Astrobiology Magazine, 17 Jul 2002)

Great Debates, Part III: Odds of Complex Life
(Astrobiology Magazine, 22 Jul 2002)

Great Debates, Part IV: Lifetime of Complex Life
(Astrobiology Magazine, 24 Jul 2002)

Great Debates, Part V: Relentless Evolution
(Astrobiology Magazine, 29 Jul 2002)

Great Debates, Part VI: Encore Performance
(Astrobiology Magazine, 19 Aug 2002)

The Great Filter - Are We Almost Past It? (Robin Hanson, 15 Sep 1998)

Ian's Cosmic Matters Page

In the Heavens as it is on Earth: Astrobiology and the Human Prospect (William Grassie, Global Spiral, 2 Apr 2009)

In Honor of Carl Sagan (Alex Michael Bonnici)

In Remembrance of Carl Sagan (Megan R. Kemble)

Interdisciplinary Centre for Astrobiology (The Open University, UK)

International Journal of Astrobiology $

International Origins Conference (May 1997)

Is Anybody Out There? (New Scientist)

Jody Wilson's Extrasolar Planet, Extraterrestrial Life, and SETI Page

JSC Astrobiology Institute for the Study of Biomarkers
(NASA Johnson Space Center)

Life? (BBCi)

Life Beyond Earth and the Mind of Man 1975 - Google Video (edited version of the symposium held at Boston University, 20 Nov 1972)

Life Beyond Earth, a film by Timothy Ferris (PBS, 10 Nov 1999)

Life in the Universe (Europe)

Life in the Universe (European Space Agency)

Life in the Universe: A Course in Astronomy
(Jodrell Bank Observatory, University of Manchester)

Life in the Universe: An Examination of United States and International Programs in Astrobiology (U.S. National Research Council, 29 Jul 2002)

-- PDF (SSB Web Group)

Life in the Universe: Proceedings of a conference held at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffet Field, California, June 19-20 1979 (ed. John Billingham, NASA CP-2156, 1981, updated 26 Nov 2001)

Life Sciences Site: 'Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence?' (Paddy Carroll)

Life, Unbounded: Discussion and news about planets, exoplanets, and astrobiology (Scientific American Blog Network)

Lonely Planets: The Philosophy of Alien Life (Lecture by David Grinspoon, WGBH Forum Network, Boston, 7 Jan 2005)

Looking for Life (MSNBC)

The Lure of the Red Planet: Percival Lowell and the Cultural Belief of Life on Mars (Roger Launius, 28 Nov 2011)

MoS Messages | Is there anybody out there?
(Museum of Science, Boston)

NASA Astrobiology Institute

-- Assessment of the NASA Astrobiology Institute (John M. Klineberg et al., Space Studie Board, National Research Council, Washington, DC, 2007)

NASA Science Strategic Roadmap: Universe Exploration: From the Big Bang to Life (SpaceRef.com, 26 May 2005)

NOVA | Finding Life Beyond Earth (Oliver Twinch, PBS, 19 Oct 2011)

NOVA | Origins, with Neil deGrasse Tyson
(PBS, 28-29 Sep 2004)

Numerical Testing of The Rare Earth Hypothesis using Monte Carlo Realisation Techniques (Duncan H. Forgan et al., arXiv:1001.1680v1 [astro-ph.EP], 11 Jan 2010)

-- If the Earth is Rare, We May Not Hear from ET (Jean Tate, Universe Today, 8 Feb 2010)

Open Directory - Astronomy: Extraterrestrial Life

Origins Project (Lawrence Krauss et al., Arizona State University)

-- Life, the Universe, and Everything: A Conference Looks to Ultimate Origins (Review by Dan Falk of symposium on "Origins," Arizona State University, Phoenix, Apr 2009; Sky & Telescope Weekly Bulletin, 3 May 2009)

The Origins Institute (Ralph Pudritz et al., McMaster University)

Origins Science (NASA's Origins Program)

The Origins Umbrella (Leslie Mullen, Interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson, Part 1, Astrobiology Magazine, 26 Jan 2005)

Penn State Astrobiology Research Center

Philosophy, Breakfast and Life Elsewhere (Paul Gilster, Centauri Dreams, 25 Mar 2011)

The Plurality of Worlds (William Whewell, 1853; new ed. with Intro. by Edward Hitchcock, 1858)

Polaris Bioastronomy Group (Lori Walton et al., Whitehorse)

Public SETI Email List (SETI League)

Radio Astrobiology (Astrobiology Magazine European Edition)

Rare Earth Debate Part 1: The Hostile Universe
(Space.com, 15 Jul 2002)

Rare Earth Debate Part 2: Alien Proximity
(Space.com, 17 Jul 2002)

Rare Earth Debate Part 3: Complex Life
(Space.com, 22 Jul 2002)

Rare Earth Debate Part 4: Avoiding Doom
(Space.com, 24 Jul 2002)

Rare Earth Debate Part 5: Elusive ET
(Space.com, 29 Jul 2002)

Saving Astrobiology at NASA (Keith Cowing, SpaceRef, 15 May 2006)

The Science Behind the Extraterrestrial Phenomenon (Louis Pinto)

Search for ET! -- Are Humans Alone in the Universe?
(Takayuki Nyudo et al., JST Virtual Science Center)

The Scientific Search for Extraterrestrial Life in the Universe: The Canadian Contribution (SETICanada.com)

Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Links (D. Bell)

The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence: SETI (ed. Philip Morrison et al., NASA SP-419, 1977, updated 17 Sep 2001)

Search for Life (Syracuse SETI Module)

SETI (Bradley Keyes)

SETI Australia Centre (University of Western Sydney)

SETI BioAstronomy Email List (SETI League)

SETI Bulletin Board (Wataru Ebihara)

SETI Central (Linda Mamassian)

SETI Club @ Yahoo Homepage (Kris Johnson)

SETI Editorial: Where is Everybody? (A. C. Clarke, July 1998)

SETI Endeavor - SETI Mailing List Archive (Stephen A. Zarkos)

SETI Institute/Space.com Articles

SETI in the Web World (Dr. Matrix)

The SETI Paradox (Alexander Zaitsev, physics/0611283, 29 Nov 2006)

SETI Science (SETI Institute)

SETIQuest OnLine

SETI Research & Community Development Institute
(Noel C. Welstead et al., SETI Australia)

SETI: The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
(NASA History Office)

S.E.T.I. (Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence) Module (Syracuse University Physics)

SETI - The Search for Intelligent Life in Space
(The Teaching Company, Course 146 - Seth Shostak) $

SETI: Searching for Life (Sky and Telescope)

SETI SuperStar Award Winning Websites (SETI League)

SETItalk List: General Discussion about SETI (TalkSpace)

SETI Tutorial (Science & Spirit)

Seti UNIVERSE

The SETI Webring (Gene Marlin)

-- List Page

SpaceViews Special Section: Astrobiology

Special Report on Astrobiology (New Scientist Space)

Spore^TM Video Game (Will Wright et al., Electronic Arts Inc., Redwood City, California, Sep 2008)

-- The Official Spore^TM and Spore^TM Creature Creator Site

-- Sporepedia

-- SporeWiki (Wikia)

Storming the Heavens (John Pike, FAS Space Policy Project)

Structure and Evolution of the Universe
(Paul Hertz, NASA's Office of Space Science)

The Sustainability Solution to the Fermi Paradox (Jacob D. Haqq-Misra & Seth D. Baum, arXiv:0906.0568v1 [physics.pop-ph], 2 Jun 2009; Journal of the British Interplanetary Society 62(2):47-51, Feb 2009)

-- Sustainability: The Clue That Could Solve Fermi's Paradox (physics arXiv blog, Technology Review, 4 Jun 2009)

Teaching Scientific Thinking and Encouraging Creativity with Astrobiology (Jordan Calmes, Guest Blog, Scientific American, 1 Aug 2011)

Templating Ourselves (Leslie Mullen, Interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson, Part 2, Astrobiology Magazine, 31 Jan 2005)

The Temporal Aspect of the Drake Equation and SETI
(Milan M. Çircoviç, 10 Jun 2003) PDF

The Ten Big Questions: Extraterrestrial Life (Geoffrey Klempner)

Third Napoli Thinkshop (21 March 1997)

TLC -- Alien Science (The Learning Channel)

Toucan - A Biologist's Contribution to SETI (Mauro J. Cavalcanti)

Twenty Years After... (Philip Morrison, Cosmic Search 1:1:7-9, Jan 1979)

Universe Exploration: From the Big Bang to Life
(NASA, 20 May 2005) PDF

Useful References for Life in the Universe (Paul Avery)

Vatican Holds Conference on Extraterrestrial Life (Nicholos Wethington, Universe Today, 10 Nov 2009)

Where Are They? Why I hope the search for extraterrestrial life finds nothing. (Technology Review, May-Jun 2008)

"Where Is Everybody?" An Account of Fermi's Question (Eric M. Jones, Los Alamos, Mar 1985) PDF

William Whewell, The Plurality of Worlds, 1858 (On-Line Books)

Yahoo! Full Coverage:Search for Extraterrestrial Life

Yahoo! SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence)

-- Yahoo! Clubs SETI

See also Palaetiology

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