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A conference in the UK this week will outline new developments in a project to look for ‘technosignatures’ of other advanced species
It has produced one of the most consistent sets of negative results in the history of science. For more than 60 years, researchers have tried to find a single convincing piece of evidence to support the idea that we share the universe with other intelligent beings. Despite these decades of effort, they have failed to make contact of any kind.
But the hunt for alien civilisations may be entering a new era, researchers believe. Scientists with Breakthrough Listen, the world’s largest scientific research programme dedicated to finding alien civilisations, say a host of technological developments are about to transform the search for intelligent life in the cosmos.
These innovations will be outlined at the group’s annual conference, which is to be held in the UK for the first time, in Oxford, this week.
“Until now, we have been restricted to looking for signals deliberately sent out by aliens to advertise their existence. The new techniques are going to be so sensitive that, for the first time, we will be able to detect unintentional transmissions as opposed to deliberate ones and will be able to spot alien airport radar, or powerful TV transmitters – things like that.”
Cool!
If there’s one thing that I desperately want to have happen in my lifetime, it’s the discovery of extra terrestrial life. There is no other thing/idea that is more fascinating to me.