Exoplanets: Under a Microscope, and Through a Wide-field Lens - Sarah Ballard (SETI Talks 2016)

[@Norman92151]

Excellent and informative. Would like to hear an update from this young scientist now in 2019. So much passion and excitement for her research. I'm sure she will make important contributions in her field. So pleased to see women making important contributions to science. Society needs all the gifted brains it can muster. Thanks SETI Institute for all the work you do in disseminating this interesting research.

[@bernardhenin]

Excellent talk. Very informative. Thank you Sarah for taking your time to do this presentation.

[@augustwolf5595]

Very good presentation and Sarah Ballard not only knows her stuff, but is eloquent and clear. She could make assembly instructions sound interesting.

[@augustwolf5595]

Not to belittle her excellent presentation, Sarah has such a clear speaking voice that she could explain anything to anyone.

[@timdemeyer7738]

Excellent talk. She is an excellent speaker, might i add

[@TechNed]

"The burning Sauron-like gaze of a star that never flinches.." - This was a really great talk. Thank you.

[@SpaceCoyote-sr3ke]

Awesome stuff. Keep working hard guys :-)

[@keybutnolock]

Great talk. As normal, shame about the audio. Does anyone from SETI ever check the audio balance ? ? ? Still worth adjusting the volume so you can hear the intro and questions...( should "we" really have to do that ? )

[@blairschirmerx1711]

Well, they're not really used to being around tech stuff....

[@victorfergn]

wow, she really loves what she does! great energy and passion, she must be a very cool person to work with

[@seanpan3427]

Impressive presentation!

[@anthonymannwexford]

Super talk. Thank you.

[@MtnTow]

Fantastic talk!

[@peachtrees27]

Excellent talk

[@palfers1]

Fab talk - thanks

[@zapfanzapfan]

Basically, we need that Terrestrial Planet Finder if we want answers :-)

[@ronbohlouli1]

What, if any, protocalls are in place in the event of finding extra terrestrial life? Be it microbial, more developed, or advanced.

[@politicallycorrectredskin796]

It's going to be a frustrating millennium or two once they find a place that almost certainly has life on it but that we can't get to and look at because it is too far away. Space travel at this moment is a completely ludicrous proposition for any number of reasons. If people leave the sci fi distortions for a while and really look at the problems here they will see that it is quite humbling. I guess a small probe can be made to move at close to light speed, or at least Stephen Hawking seemed to have thought so, and possibly somehow transmit data back. But even then it will take such a probe an eternity to get anywhere outside our immediate vicinity. We're looking at some of these stars the way they were in the 19th century here, or even longer ago. And they are still considered nearby stars. Human time scales and proportions do not apply at all.

[@MarkRadice]

After she said "moreover" a dozen times in the first half hour I gave her two more "moreover" 's till I couldn't listen any more.

[@politicallycorrectredskin796]

At least she wasn't saying "wellness" all the time. That is easily my least favorite English word.

This lady talks like a machine-gun... She talks so fast that it becomes a bit annoying just after 3 minutes of hearing her voice. Someone give her something to calm her down please. Looks like she took 10 coffees in a row before starting the lecture...

[@Neueregel]

Nice talk. I would like to give her a neck massage while she explains to me the latest exoplanet research

[@brobrah4595]

lol seti... what a joke. nasa and the federal governments patsy.

[@JustOneAsbesto]

... What exactly are you implying?

[@LarsRyeJeppesen]

Your username certainly implies high IQ....

[@Raydensheraj]

You know SETI is not funded or in any other way a NASA or Government entity? And even when, are you really suggesting the Government always lies about everything? A little less paranoid behavior might help you homie.