

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The Science of Finding "Intelligent" Life in the Universe
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 05 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Thu, 05 Mar, 2026 at 09:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Our March AstroTour is just around the corner! ?? The event is FREE and open to all. NO PRIOR REGISTRATION REQUIRED!! The next AstroTour features visiting PhD student Pinchen Fan, discussing the search for extraterrestrial intelligence!

Talk: 7-8 PM EST on Thursday, March 5th, 2026 at Room PB150, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy (144 College St)
Demos and telescope Tours: 8-9 PM EST following the talk at McLennan Physical Laboratories

Talk Abstract:
Since the dawn of our civilization, humanity has looked beyond the horizon, driven by curiosity and a desire to find company in this vast universe. Throughout history, we have developed new technologies to travel farther, explore unfamiliar worlds, and expand our understanding of who else shared our Earth. Today, as we build ever more powerful rockets that carry us deeper into space, we continue our search for company in this vast universe through the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). In this talk, we will look back to the 1960s, when the first modern SETI searches began, trace the sporadic efforts and foundational theories developed over the past six decades, and explore how recent advances in technology are now giving us, for the first time, a realistic opportunity to search for our counterparts among the stars.

About the speaker:
Pinchen is a Ph.D. candidate in Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Astrobiology at the Pennsylvania State University and a visiting Ph.D. student at the University of Toronto. Her work focuses on the search for signs of extraterrestrial technology (technosignatures). Pinchen is the Science Principal Investigator of a NASA Exoplanets Research Program grant, where she develops new methods to search for Earth-level laser and radio technosignatures from exoplanets.
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Toronto
- **state**: ON
- **country**: Canada
- **location**: Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto
- **lat**: 43.66009
- **long**: -79.39199
- **full address**: Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, 144 College Street,Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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- **organizer**: AstroTours (https://allevents.in/org/astrotours/12546767)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 05 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, 144 College Street,Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** AstroTours
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
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