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SETI to Upgrade Software, Telescope

Posted by Hemos on from the stepping-up-to-the-future dept.

Professor_Quail writes "Space.com reports that SETI@home is planning to transfer it's operations from Arecibo to another telescope in Australia, where they say lies an increased chance of finding extra-terrestrials. The Australian telescope is more powerful, with a wider view of the sky; scientists are betting that this new telescope will also help find signs of 'shriveling' black holes."

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  1. Re:Is that such a good idea? by WheelDweller · · Score: 5, Funny

    "It seems like if we're looking for aliens, the last place we'd like to look is in the middle of a black hole. "

    Well, you see black holes compress matter- it's like a thick-spot in space, since a mass the size of Jupiter can fit into the size of a strawberry. Imagine for a moment how many thousands of alien civilizations could fit inside these black holss...

    All of them screaming, "LET US OUTTA HERE! IT'S CRAMPED AND SOMEONE FARTED!"

    Yeah, I'm sure that's it. :)

    It's probably signalling a change of just what kind of actual research-program we'll be running, but it'll look the same. One thing bothers me though: higher-res means slower conversion of the data. Instead of a year to examine a year's data, it could be decades...

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  2. Too good a line to pass up by Observer · · Score: 5, Funny
    "...another telescope in Australia, where they say lies an increased chance of finding extra-terrestrials."
    Most of them will be called Bruce, presumably.
  3. Re:SETI is pointless, Aliens already here.... by N+Monkey · · Score: 3, Funny

    What is the point in SETI?

    Certain parts of society are already liasing with aliens, and we have been for some time. Wake up and smell the coffee! .....

    Yes and those documentaries, MIB and MIB2, were fascinating, weren't they?
    /me removes tongue from cheek...

  4. Re:As an employee of SETI@home ... by PD · · Score: 5, Funny

    we have observed pretty much everything that is visible from that location.

    Except for the aliens?

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    If tits were wings it'd be flying around.