SETI Institute and National Radio Astronomy Observatory Team Up for SETI Science at the Very Large Array PRESS RELEASE DATE February 14, 2020 CONTACT Rebecca McDonald Director of Communications SETI Institute 189 Bernardo Ave, Suite 200 Mountain View, CA...
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SETI Institute and National Radio Astronomy Observatory Team Up for SETI Science at the Very Large Array PRESS RELEASE DATE February 14, 2020 CONTACT Rebecca McDonald Director of Communications SETI Institute 189 Bernardo Ave, Suite 200 Mountain View, CA 94043 USA E-mail: rmcdonald@seti.org Tel: 650-960-4526 The Very Large Array (VLA) is a collection of 27 radio antennas located at the NRAO site in Socorro, New Mexico. Each antenna in the array measures 25 meters (82 feet) in diameter and weighs about 230 tons. Credit: Alex Savello/ NRAO February 14, 2020, Mountain View, CA – The SETI Institute and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) are announcing a collaboration to bring a state-of- the-art search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) instrument to the Very Large Array (VLA) for the first time. Thanks to a new, cost-effective Ethernet interface, it will be possible to employ the VLA to search for technosignatures 24 hours a day - 7 days a week, as well as explore other
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