Astronomers to sweep entire sky for signs of extraterrestrial life

Project is collaboration between privately-funded firm and New Mexico observatoryAstronomers will sweep the entire sky for signs of extraterrestrial life for the first time, using 28 giant radio telescopes in an unprecedented hunt for alien civilisations.The project is a collaboration between the privately-funded Seti Institute and the Very Large Array observatory in New Mexico, one of the world ’s most powerful radio observatories. Gaining real-time access to all the data gathered by VLA is considered a major coup for scientists hunting extraterrestrial lifeforms and an indication that the field has “gone mainstream”.Continue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 15, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Hannah Devlin Science correspondent Tags: Astronomy Science World news Space US news Source Type: news