Astronomer Jill Tarter Answers Alien Questions From Twitter | Tech Support | WIRED

Astronomer Jill Tarter, former director of the Center for SETI Research, uses the power of Twitter to answer common questions about extraterrestrial life. What if SETI found intelligent life on another planet? Would they keep it a secret? Did US fighter pilots really see a UFO?



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Astronomer Jill Tarter Answers Alien Questions From Twitter | Tech Support | WIRED

[hellomydarlinghello]

she's so lovely and knowledgable!

[kiandita]

Can you imagine being her grandchild? I bet they're growing up with a ton of knowledge and interesting stories about the space. That's cool af.

[jaimiedickinson]

Dear Wired, can you please invite her to do more videos about astronomy? She is so lovely and knowledgeable I can listen to her talk all day!

[caitlynnklawon]

Met her at a symposium. She is the sweetest, most humble lady!!! She doesn't belittle you for asking silly questions and treats even the youngest, least knowledgeable people with the utmost respect. This isn't always true among top scientists. An amazing lady !!!

[heatnicoleher]

"Play by their rules"
That's the scary part.

[blackchoco_]

"In 50+ years, we've observed only about one hot tub's worth of the ocean."
Man, that's depressing.

[DiRtYLaWs]

This is far too short. This lady is far too nice and super smart and we have so many more questions!

[jacksontaylor]

"if the dinosaurs had a space program, maybe they'd still be around."

Now I'm just thinking about a raptor in a space suit talking with a trex with a headset at mission control

[skorpioflo]

This woman was the inspiration to create Jodie Foster's character in the movie "Contact", in fact they both coincided while the movie was taking shape. You're welcome ;)

[livh]

love how she was so happy with all these questions "great question!" lovely woman

[angalarockz]

Watching her speak and give her responses makes me realize how beautiful knowledge looks on a person. I just want to sit there and listen to her talk about the wonders of the universe for days on end.

[Thedeville]

‘‘Talk to my great-granddaughter. She may have an answer for you.“

Love that!

[emrahokumus]

The thought of being alone in this vast cosmos sounds much more terrifying than the possibility of contacting an alien life.

[mattymayhem]

This lady needs to come back on the series. I think it was wonderful how she took ask the questions seriously and gave us her best answer.

[jennalepczyk]

Something about how she said “talk to my great granddaughter” was so heart warming. I hope she does amazing things

[emely]

we need more information before we raid area 51 🤩

[Wendifur]

It bothers me that UFO = aliens. UFO means unidentified. It doesn’t mean alien flying object. A pilot DID see a UFO. The question is did the pilot see an alien spacecraft.

[kylieroth]

I love the idea of “if THEY find US they’re a thousand times smarter than we’ll ever be”

[TheSiddhiDesai]

Some of the questions were so interesting! And she dealt with the answers so well and wisely too! Loved this video, hope she can do more astronomy-related videos

[xxCrimsonSpiritxx]

"Our interest is cyclical. We get really hyped up about it, somebody makes a claim, people discuss it. And then after a while, the Kardashians do something else and we lost interest."








The amount of truth in that queue is actually depressing.