Giant Radio Telescope Could Detect E.T.’s Call
Credit: SKA Organisation
A huge telescope array will allow scientists to conduct the most sensitive and exhaustive search for signs
of alien civilizations to date when it comes online, the project’s backers say.
The Square Kilometer Array (SKA), currently planned to begin construction in 2018, could enable the search for intelligent alien life to piggy-back on other scientific observations, scouring the galaxy with unprecedented precision.
“A unique aspect for the search of life in the universe is the question of whether advanced lifeevolves intelligence,” Andrew Siemion said at the Astrobiology Science Conference in Chicago in June. [13 Ways to Hunt Intelligent Alien Life]