The Breakthrough Initiatives, founded by Yuri Milner and Stephen Hawking, is now focusing on projects closer to Earth, including the search for signals from distant planetary systems and the exploration of Alpha Centauri and Venus.
Fortunately, the real-world search for signs of extraterrestrial civilizations doesn’t have to deal with an alien armada like the one that’s on its way to Earth in , for example: Back in 2016, the effort’s billionaire founder, Yuri Milner , teamed up with physicist Stephen Hawking to announce a Breakthrough Starshot , was similar to the space-sail swarm envisioned in Liu’s books — but with the propulsion provided by powerful lasers rather than nuclear bombs.
Today, the Breakthrough Initiatives is focusing on projects closer to home. In addition to the millions of dollars it’s spending to support the search for radio or optical signals from distant planetary systems, it’s working with partners on a miniaturized space telescope to identify planets around Alpha Centauri, a radio telescope that could someday be built on the far side of the moon, and a low-cost mission to look for traces of life within the clouds of Venu
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