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Long baseline radio interferometers can provide some interesting opportunities for future SETI searches. Known advantages (compared to single dishes or beam-formed arrays), include the large reduction in false-positives due to the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-18 M. A. Garrett

We have been conducting a search for narrowband radio signals with the L-band receiver (1.15-1.73 GHz) of the 100 m diameter Green Bank Telescope (Margot et al., 2023). So far, we have captured radio emissions from 70,000+ stars and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-15 Jean-Luc Margot

Here we describe our ongoing efforts to develop high-performance and sensitive instrumentation for use in the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence (SETI). These efforts include our recently deployed Search for Extraterrestrial…

The discovery of the ubiquity of habitable extrasolar planets, combined with revolutionary advances in instrumentation and observational capabilities, have ushered in a renaissance in the millenia-old quest to answer our most profound…

The search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) is to search for technosignatures associated with extraterrestrial life, such as engineered radio signals. In this paper, we apply the multibeam coincidence matching (MBCM) strategy, and…

It is well-known that the chances of success of SETI depend on the longevity of technological civilizations or, more broadly, on the duration of the signs of their existence, or technosignatures. Here, we re-examine this general tenet in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-28 Amedeo Balbi , Milan M. Ćirković

We consider interstellar scintillations as a cause of intermittency in radio signals from extraterrestrial intelligence (ETI). We demonstrate that scintillations are very likely to allow initial detections of narrowband signals from distant…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 James M. Cordes , T. Joseph W. Lazio , Carl Sagan

We present an exploration of technosignature research that is possible using real-time alert brokers from surveys such as the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) and the upcoming Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST). Nine alert brokers…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-18 Eleanor M. Gallay , James R. A. Davenport , Steve Croft

In the cm-wavelength range, an extraterrestrial electromagnetic narrow band (sine wave) beacon is an excellent choice to get alien attention across interstellar distances because 1) it is not strongly affected by interstellar /…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-08 G. R. Harp , R. F. Ackermann , Samantha K. Blair , J. Arbunich , P. R. Backus , J. C. Tarter , the ATA Team

New and unique opportunities now exist to look for technosignatures (TS) beyond traditional SETI radio searches, motivated by tremendous advances in exoplanet science and observing capabilities in recent years. Space agencies, both public…

We conducted a search for narrowband radio signals over four observing sessions in 2020-2023 with the L-band receiver (1.15-1.73 GHz) of the 100 m diameter Green Bank Telescope. We pointed the telescope in the directions of 62 TESS Objects…

Arguments are reviewed in support of the hypothesis that ET would more likely send physical probes to surveil our Solar System and communicate with Earth than to communicate from afar with interstellar radio, infrared or laser beacons.…

Popular Physics · Physics 2023-07-31 John Gertz

We report on a search for artificial narrowband signals of 20 stars within the restricted Earth Transit Zone as a part of the ten-year Breakthrough Listen (BL) search for extraterrestrial intelligence. The restricted Earth Transit Zone is…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-06-19 Sofia Z. Sheikh , Andrew Siemion , J. Emilio Enriquez , Danny C. Price , Howard Isaacson , Matt Lebofsky , Vishal Gajjar , Paul Kalas

The analysis of electrophysiological data is crucial for certain surgical procedures such as deep brain stimulation, which has been adopted for the treatment of a variety of neurological disorders. During the procedure, auditory analysis of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-03-24 Thibault Martin , Paul Sauleau , Claire Haegelen , Pierre Jannin , John S. H. Baxter

Humanity has wondered whether we are alone for millennia. The discovery of life elsewhere in the Universe, particularly intelligent life, would have profound effects, comparable to those of recognizing that the Earth is not the center of…

The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) is the world's largest single-dish radio telescope, and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) is one of its five key science objectives. We conducted a targeted…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-09 Guang-Yuan Song , Zhen-Zhao Tao , Bo-Lun Huang , Yan Cui , Bo Yu , Tong-Jie Zhang

The Breakthrough Listen Initiative has embarked on a comprehensive SETI survey of nearby stars in the Milky Way that is vastly superior to previous efforts as measured by a wide range of different metrics. SETI surveys traditionally ignore…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-09-20 M. A. Garrett , A. P. V. Siemion

"Traditional SETI is not part of astrobiology" declares the NASA Astrobiology Strategy 2015 document. This is incorrect. In this white paper, I argue that SETI$-$seen as the search for technosignatures characteristic of the future of life…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-16 Jason T. Wright

The transmission rate of communication between radio telescopes on Earth and extraterrestrial intelligence (ETI) is here calculated up to distances of 1000 light years. Both phase-shift-keying (PSK) and frequency-shift keying (FSK)…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2011-09-01 P. A. Fridman