Seth Shostak
G. Seth Shostak | |
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Shostak in 2017 giving a talk at NASA's Langley Research Center | |
| Born | July 20, 1943 |
| Alma mater | Princeton (BA) California Institute of Technology (PhD) |
| Known for | SETI research |
| Awards | Klumpke-Roberts Award (2004) Carl Sagan Prize for Science Popularization (2015) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics, astronomy, science communication |
Seth Shostak (born July 20, 1943) is an American astronomer and author, and is currently the senior astronomer for the SETI Institute.
Shostak co-hosts the weekly radio show/podcast Big Picture Science, has played himself numerous times in TV and internet film dramas, and has acted in several science fiction films.