[Interview] Vera Rubin Telescope Will Revolutionise Astronomy. Here's Why

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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