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New Europe-Wide Radio Telescope To Look For ET

Posted by samzenpus on from the phone-011-then-home dept.

astroengine writes "A new radio telescope is under construction, consisting of 44 stations (each consisting of several antennae) spread across Europe. The pan-European Low Frequency Array is half built and already returning unprecedented observations of cosmic radio sources. The best thing is, when it's complete, SETI will be able to use the array to seek out transmitting extraterrestrial civilizations in these untapped low radio frequencies."

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  1. First Post? by DarkKnightRadick · · Score: 4, Funny

    So we're looking for ETs who are also ham radio operators?

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    1. Re:First Post? by kitsunewarlock · · Score: 4, Funny

      Or it could be that these primitive radio bands are part of the visible spectrum and we have been blinding their society for ages, causing any flying saucers that come close to the earth to crash on Jupiter...

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    2. Re:First Post? by keeboo · · Score: 3, Funny

      This is totally messed up. Why would they look for E.T. in Europe?

      If E.T.'s anywhere, it's in Hollywood, USA!

      I thought E.T. was in a landfill, in New Mexico.