Search for ET Gets Boost From a Very Special Telescope
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Are we alone? A new effort to search for extraterrestrial life is underway.
Earlier this month, the privately funded Seti Institute announced that it is going to use an array of powerful radio telescopes in New Mexico to sweep the sky for signs of alien life for the first time.
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Search for ET Gets Boost From a Very Special Telescope
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Earlier this month, the privately funded Seti Institute announced that it is going to use an array of powerful radio telescopes in New Mexico to sweep the sky for signs of alien life for the first time.
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