Breakthrough Listen is a program designed to search for evidence of alien life by scouring the the skies for distant radio signals.
Scientists from the Breakthrough Listen initiative have conducted the biggest and most sensitive search to date for signals made by potential alien civilizations.
Now, the Breakthrough scientists have submitted their analysis of the majority of this initial data—which also includes information on other objects such as the interstellar asteroid 'Oumuamua—towhile also making it public via their Open Data Archive. This is the largest SETI dataset ever released to the public, equivalent to about 1,600 years of streamed music.
Using two types of technological"filters," the team whittled down their search to a handful of technosignature candidates. However, on further analysis they found that the remaining signals were in fact man-made, but had managed to evade the filters initially. Nevertheless, the scientists say their observations to date have given them valuable experience for attempting to identify extraterrestrial signals in future searches.
"While we have been making smaller subsets of data public before in varying forms and contexts, we are excited and proud to offer this first cohesive collection along with an instruction manual, so everybody can dig in and help us search," Matt Lebofsky from BSRC, said in a statement."And we're just getting started—there's much more to come!"
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