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SETI

  • The eVscope allows amateur astronomers to crowd source their observations
    Space
    Networked eVscope would crowd-source amateur astronomy
    The SETI Institute, in partnership with French startup Unistellar, wants to up the game for amateur astronomers by marketing a computerized 4.5-in (11.4 cm) reflecting telescope called the "eVscope" that acts as a crowd-sourcing instrument.
  • The signals from Ross 128 were picked up the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico
    Space
    Could mysterious radio signals be from ET?
    Is a mysterious radio signal received by the Arecibo Observatory a message from another civilization in our galaxy? Scientists at the Planetary Habitability Laboratory say it's highly unlikely, but the peculiar signals remain a mystery.
  • The goal of the Laser SETI program it to look for signs of extraterrestrial civilizations using lasers
    Space
    SETI project wants to hunt laser-wielding ETs
    The Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence (SETI) focuses mainly on looking for radio signals from civilizations elsewhere in the galaxy, but the SETI Institute is taking a new approach – and it involves lasers.
  • A bird's eye view of FAST
    Space
    Largest radio telescope on Earth switched on in China
    On Sunday the Chinese Academy of Sciences announced that the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST)​ has begun operations.
  • SETI's Allen Telescope Array (ATA) has been unable to find the signal picked up last year by the RATAN-600 radio telescope in Russia
    Space
    The aliens are from Earth
    ​A possible signal from ET turned out to be a false alarm as scientists confirm that a message seemingly from the stars came from Earth. Recent reports had suggested that a powerful radio signal might be a deliberate message, but an old Cold War military satellite is the culprit.