Post by Andrei Tchentchik on Sept 3, 2020 15:23:04 GMT 2
(.#507).- Find ET's, with the help of a super-computer, Science will listen to the sky.
To find extraterrestrials, these scientists will listen to the sky with a supercomputer.
Posted on 18Feb. 2020.
By Thibaut Derex
Are we the only ones in the universe? To answer this question, these astronomers will sweep and listen to the sky with 28 radio telescopes and a supercomputer.
DIANA ROBINSON / 500PX VIA GETTY IMAGES
These are private investors who will finance improvements to the Very Large Array observatory in New Mexico.
SPACE - Contacting or receiving a message from an extraterrestrial civilization is the goal of a partnership between New Mexico’s Very Large Array (VLA) observatory and private entrepreneurs. It is not the first mission of this style, but this time the means implemented are more important than ever.
The VLA is one of the most powerful radio observatories in the world with its 28 radio telescopes. He observes the whole of the sky. The group of astronomers in search of extraterrestrials, the Seti, will have all the data collected by the VLA, reports The Guardian this Saturday, February 15. The researchers will then pass this information on to a dedicated supercomputer, which will have to look for squeaks or technological, artificial, extraterrestrial life signatures.
In a February 15 news release, Tony Beasley, director of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory that runs the VLA said in a news release, “One of the most critical questions is whether of science, and [our] telescopes can play a major role in responding to them. ”
A long-term project
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The 28 radio telescopes will send messages when the future James-Webb space telescope has spotted potentially habitable planets.
This mission is part of the Seti project. Scientists currently estimate that 20% of the stars in our galaxy host planets in their system that are in “habitable zones”. But there could be many more.
To carry out this project, in addition to VLA improvements on Earth such as new cables funded by John Giannandrea, senior executive at Apple. Researchers are counting on the future James-Webb space telescope to be launched on March 30, 2021.
Location work
"The James Webb telescope will be able to tell us if they have atmospheres like Earth or Venus," said Victoria Meadows, who heads NASA's virtual planetary laboratory at the University of Washington.
For example, astronomers have already spotted 3 planets the size of Earth orbiting a cold star (Trappist-1) in the Aquarius Constellation. According to computer models, this system is the most promising, its temperature and its atmosphere could shelter liquid water. In the future, observations from the space telescope will make it possible to refine the research.
There is no date yet for the start of the research mission. Meanwhile when Andrew Siemion, director of the Seti Institute is asked the first thing he will say to extraterrestrials if he meets one, he replies, "I guess I would just say hello."
F I N .
To find extraterrestrials, these scientists will listen to the sky with a supercomputer.
Posted on 18Feb. 2020.
By Thibaut Derex
Are we the only ones in the universe? To answer this question, these astronomers will sweep and listen to the sky with 28 radio telescopes and a supercomputer.
DIANA ROBINSON / 500PX VIA GETTY IMAGES
These are private investors who will finance improvements to the Very Large Array observatory in New Mexico.
SPACE - Contacting or receiving a message from an extraterrestrial civilization is the goal of a partnership between New Mexico’s Very Large Array (VLA) observatory and private entrepreneurs. It is not the first mission of this style, but this time the means implemented are more important than ever.
The VLA is one of the most powerful radio observatories in the world with its 28 radio telescopes. He observes the whole of the sky. The group of astronomers in search of extraterrestrials, the Seti, will have all the data collected by the VLA, reports The Guardian this Saturday, February 15. The researchers will then pass this information on to a dedicated supercomputer, which will have to look for squeaks or technological, artificial, extraterrestrial life signatures.
In a February 15 news release, Tony Beasley, director of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory that runs the VLA said in a news release, “One of the most critical questions is whether of science, and [our] telescopes can play a major role in responding to them. ”
A long-term project
DESIGNPROJECTS VIA GETTY IMAGES
The 28 radio telescopes will send messages when the future James-Webb space telescope has spotted potentially habitable planets.
This mission is part of the Seti project. Scientists currently estimate that 20% of the stars in our galaxy host planets in their system that are in “habitable zones”. But there could be many more.
To carry out this project, in addition to VLA improvements on Earth such as new cables funded by John Giannandrea, senior executive at Apple. Researchers are counting on the future James-Webb space telescope to be launched on March 30, 2021.
Location work
"The James Webb telescope will be able to tell us if they have atmospheres like Earth or Venus," said Victoria Meadows, who heads NASA's virtual planetary laboratory at the University of Washington.
For example, astronomers have already spotted 3 planets the size of Earth orbiting a cold star (Trappist-1) in the Aquarius Constellation. According to computer models, this system is the most promising, its temperature and its atmosphere could shelter liquid water. In the future, observations from the space telescope will make it possible to refine the research.
There is no date yet for the start of the research mission. Meanwhile when Andrew Siemion, director of the Seti Institute is asked the first thing he will say to extraterrestrials if he meets one, he replies, "I guess I would just say hello."
F I N .
