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SETI survey focuses on Kepler's top Earth-like planets

(PhysOrg.com) -- UC Berkeley is searching for evidence of intelligent life on planets identified by the Kepler space telescope team as having Earth-like environments. This search for extraterrestrial intelligence ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created May 16, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

US astronomers launch search for alien life on 86 planets

A massive radio telescope in rural West Virginia has begun listening for signs of alien life on 86 possible Earth-like planets, US astronomers said Friday.

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created May 14, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (29) | comments 98

SETI telescope array suspends operations due to financial constraints

(PhysOrg.com) -- SETI, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence group that has been using radio telescopes since the 1960’s to "listen" for signals from deep space that could prove the existence of ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 26, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 20 | with audio podcast report

Evidence for ET is mounting daily, but not prove

(AP) -- Lately, a handful of new discoveries make it seem more likely that we are not alone - that there is life somewhere else in the universe.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 08, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (32) | comments 47

Refining the search for what's 'out there'

Gregory Benford, his brother James and his nephew Dominic decided to combine their knowledge of astrophysics, space, microwaves and economics to look at the search for extraterrestrial life from a money perspective. They ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 15, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 65

ET machines sought by astronomer

If we ever do receive a message from outer space, we’ll want to know what kind of aliens sent it. SETI researcher Seth Shostak says we shouldn’t expect them to be anything like us - in fact, they might not ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 01, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (18) | comments 49 | with audio podcast

Probing Question: What is a Near Earth?

In the 1997 movie "Contact" (based on the novel by Carl Sagan), actress Jodie Foster plays an astrophysicist devoted to SETI -- the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence. Despite doubting colleagues, she ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Sep 27, 2010 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (10) | comments 2

SETI may be looking in the wrong places: astronomer

(PhysOrg.com) -- A senior astronomer with the Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute, Dr Seth Shostak, has reported in an article published online that perhaps we should be seeking alien ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 24, 2010 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (41) | comments 123 | with audio podcast report

Finding frugal aliens: 'Benford beacons' concept could refocus search for intelligent extraterrestrial life

(PhysOrg.com) -- For 50 years, humans have scanned the skies with radio telescopes for distant electronic signals indicating the existence of intelligent alien life. The search — centered at the SETI Institute ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jul 20, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (30) | comments 39 | with audio podcast

Egypt finds evidence of unfinished ancient tomb

(AP) -- Egyptian archaeologists who have completed excavations on an unfinished ancient tunnel believe it was meant to connect a 3,300-year-old pharaoh's tomb with a secret burial site, the antiquities department ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jun 30, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Too risky to phone ET? Too late -- NASA's tried it

(AP) -- Stephen Hawking says it is too risky to try to talk to space aliens. Oops. Too late. NASA and others have already beamed several messages into deep space, trying to phone E.T. ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 28, 2010 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (14) | comments 47

The Eerie Silence

Why have we not made contact with aliens after so many years searching the depths of space? The Eerie Silence, a new book by SETI researcher Paul Davies, provides a fresh and thoughtful look at this question.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 15, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (36) | comments 71 | with audio podcast

How to Respond When E.T. Says Hello

Scientists are studying the best ways to compose messages meant for alien eyes in case we ever do get the chance to communicate with extraterrestrials.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 01, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (26) | comments 37 | with audio podcast

Widening the search for extraterrestrial intelligence

"The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) has been dominated for its first half century by a hunt for unusual radio signals. But as he prepares for the publication of his new book The Eerie Silence: Are We Alone?," ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Mar 01, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (10) | comments 1

PCs around the world unite to map the Milky Way

(PhysOrg.com) -- At this very moment, tens of thousands of home computers around the world are quietly working together to solve the largest and most basic mysteries of our galaxy.

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Feb 10, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (34) | comments 8 | with audio podcast