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  • Radio search for ET draws a blank

    03/28/2004 8:38:01 AM PST · by Momaw Nadon · 65 replies · 934+ views
    BBC News Online ^ | Thursday, March 25, 2004 | By Dr David Whitehouse
    Astronomers have completed their most sensitive search yet for radio signals from intelligent life in space. They believe the best way to find ET is to look for a radio signal. Such signals can travel vast distances. The Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico, supported by Jodrell Bank, searched over a period of 10 years. The scientists looked at 800 nearby stars with no evidence of a signal from ET. They say they have learned a lot, and plan another search next year. From the ashes The last star scrutinised by Project Phoenix - the most powerful search for intelligent...