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August 29, 2016: Finding life on Proxima b, Episode #1.
Live Hangout with the PLANETS Foundation.
Watch video
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July 15, 2016: Communication with Alien Life: A public lecture by Dr. Svetlana Berdyugina.
Watch video
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June, 27-30, 2016: SPIE 2016: Advancements in the Colossus project are presented to the professional
community of astronomers and engineers. (More)
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April 15-16, 2016: The Colossus team has been invited to participate in the
Breakthrough Prize Discuss Workshop and to contribute to the Breakthrough Initiatives
Watch and StarShot.
More...
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August 20, 2015: A novel 100m resolution concept for an interferometric telescope:
The Partially Filled Aperture Interferometric Telescope (ParFAIT)
achieves 100m angular resolution with excellent contrast sensitivity for much less cost than the Colossus.
ParFAIT
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August 5, 2015: Is there life on the Alpha Centauri system?
Colossus scientists have proposed a sensitive technique for detecting photosynthetic organisms in extrasolar planetary systems.
Press release
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July 20, 2015: Large private investment accelerates SETI:
Yuri Milner and Stephen Hawking Announce 100 Million Dollars Breakthrough Initiative to Dramatically Accelerate Search for Intelligent Life in the Universe.
Breakthrough Initiative Listen
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September 28, 2014: TEDxMaui: Are We Special? Searching for Life in the Universe,
talk by Prof. Svetlana Berdyugina
on prospects and efforts needed to find extraterrestrial life.
See Youtube video.
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June, 22-27, 2014: SPIE 2014: The Colossus project is presented to the professional
community of astronomers and engineers. (More)
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April 12, 2014: TEDxHonoluluED: Existential Education, Cosmic Intelligence, and the Colossus Project,
talk by Jeff Kuhn on how the Colossus project can educate the humanity. (More)
Watch video of the talk on Youtube
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March 17-21, 2014: Search for Life beyond the Solar system, Conference in Tucson,
where the Colossus project is presented to the community of exobiologists. (More)
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Jan 9, 2014, 9pm GMT: BBC Two Stargazing show with Dara O Briain and Prof. Brian Cox
will discuss astronomy news and the Colossus telescope.
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The Colossus Telescope
will be the world-largest optical and infrared telescope optimized for detecting extrasolar life
and extraterrestrial civilizations.
The Colossus Consortium
is a group of entrepreneurs, scientists
and engineers that are establishing the technology that will allow a 50-100m class
optical structure to be built with resources comparable to what is being
allocated for planned general-purpose astronomical telescopes of aperture <40m.
Vision:
To develop the concept and enabling technologies for the extraterrestrial life-seeking
Colossus telescope.
Mission:
To develop and demonstrate the technologies required to build a Colossus telescope.
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