Massive Radio Array to Search for Extraterrestrial Signals from Other Civilizations

Massive Radio Array to Search for Extraterrestrial Signals from Other Civilizations The SETI Institute, the National Radio Astronomy Observatory and the Breakthrough Listen Initiative team up for COSMIC and SETI PRESS RELEASE DATE May 1, 2023 CONTACT... More

Massive Radio Array to Search for Extraterrestrial Signals from Other Civilizations The SETI Institute, the National Radio Astronomy Observatory and the Breakthrough Listen Initiative team up for COSMIC and SETI PRESS RELEASE DATE May 1, 2023 CONTACT Rebecca McDonald Director of Communications, SETI Institute rmcdonald@SETI.org Image Credit: VLA/NRAO May 1, 2023, Mountain View, CA – One of the world’s most powerful radio telescope arrays is joining the hunt for signals from other galactic civilizations. The National Science Foundation’s Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA), situated about 50 miles west of Socorro, New Mexico, is collecting data that scientists will analyze for the type of emissions that only artificial transmitters make, signals that would betray the existence of a technically accomplished society. “The VLA is the go-to instrument for radio astronomers, but this is the first time we are using it in a wide-ranging and continuous search for technosignatures,” said Andre Less