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[Interview] Vera Rubin Telescope Will Revolutionise Astronomy. Here's Why
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The Vera Rubin Observatory will soon come online. It will be a game-changer for Astronomy. How exactly will it happen and how it will help SETI? We're trying to find the answers with my guest, Dr James Davenport from The University of Washington.
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00:00 Intro
01:56 How to search for ETs
10:20 What should we be looking for
19:31 Being a SETI researcher
24:02 Technosignatures are biosignatures
29:57 Rise of UFO talk
35:00 Vera Rubin Observatory
39:06 How Vera Rubin Telescope will change astronomy
44:05 Technical details
50:13 Vera Rubin and SETI
52:34 What else should we do with it
56:56 Next milestones
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