

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Are We Alone? Expanding the Scientific Search for Intelligent Life
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 07 Feb, 2026 at 05:30 pm
- **Event Description**: COSMIC CONNECTIONS with NASA Scientists beneath the Desert Sky 

First in a series:

Are We Alone? Expanding the Scientific Search for Intelligent Life
Dr. Nick Siegler, NASA/JPL
February 7, 2026 – 5:30 – 7:30 pm
At Sky's The Limit 9697 Utah Trail, Twentynine Palms, CA
Reservations required; $25 per person
www.skysthelimit29.org

For decades, humanity’s search for intelligent life beyond Earth and its Solar System has focused on a familiar idea: listening for radio signals from distant stars. But today, scientists are asking a much broader question — what if advanced civilizations leave behind many different kinds of detectable clues, not just radio waves?
 
Dr. Nick Siegler, a NASA scientist, will present a newly compiled, comprehensive database of technosignatures: measurable signs that could indicate the presence of advanced technology elsewhere in our galaxy. These ideas span a wide spectrum — from classic radio and optical searches to subtle, unconventional effects that could appear in planetary atmospheres, stellar light curves, remnant artifacts, waste heat, artificial illumination, or even large-scale engineering around stars.
 
Come hear how current and future observatories — on the ground and in space — can systematically search for these signals, how we distinguish natural phenomena from possible technology, and why expanding our imagination is essential for making progress on answering one of humanity’s oldest questions.
 
Rather than asking “Does extraterrestrial intelligence exist?”, this talk focuses on another deep question: “How would we know if it were there?”

Dr. Siegler is an astrophysicist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory where he works with teams from around the world developing breakthrough technologies to one day directly image and analyze the atmospheres of planets orbiting other stars. He is currently Chief Technologist for NASA's Exoplanet Exploration Program.
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Twentynine Palms
- **state**: CA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 9697 Utah Trail, Twentynine Palms, CA, United States, California 92277
- **lat**: 34.07812
- **long**: -116.03639
- **full address**: 9697 Utah Trail, Twentynine Palms, CA, United States, California 92277

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 07 Feb, 2026 at 05:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 9697 Utah Trail, Twentynine Palms, CA, United States, California 92277
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Sky's The Limit Observatory and Nature Center
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** trips-adventures
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Are We Alone? Expanding the Scientific Search for Intelligent Life ?
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