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Life on Other Planets
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Allen Telescope Array (ATA) 
 Website for this project from the SETI Institute and the University of California, Berkeley, in which a group of telescopes at the Hat Creek Radio Observatory in California will gather radio astronomy data and search for extra-terrestrial intelligence. Includes project background, technical information, and photos of the ATA. From the SETI (Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence) Institute, "a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to scientific research, education and public outreach." http://www.seti.org/Page.aspx?pid=503 Topics: Astronomy Last updated Sep 10, 2008 SETI Institute
"The mission of the SETI [Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence] Institute is to explore, understand and explain the origin, nature and prevalence of life in the universe." Describes current projects and research as well as education and public outreach programs. Searchable. http://www.seti.org/ Topics: Astronomy Last updated Aug 17, 2007 The SETI League
Web page for news and reports from "a worldwide group of amateur and professional radioastronomers, radio amateurs, microwave experimenters and digital signal processing enthusiasts, who have banded together in a systematic, scientific search of the heavens to detect evidence of intelligent, extra-terrestrial life." http://www.setileague.org/ Topics: Astronomy Last updated Aug 13, 2002 SETI@home: The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
SETI analyses radio telescope data "to determine if there is intelligent life outside Earth." Users may help increase the computer power of the project by running a free screensaver program that downloads and analyzes data, and sends it back to SETI. Includes information about the project, and its contributors. From the University of California, Berkeley. http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ Topics: Astronomy Last updated Aug 16, 2003 Where Are They?
This article gives an overview of the results from years of Search For Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) programs. Although aliens have yet to be found, the author says useful conclusions can still be drawn from the searches. This is a good nontechnical discussion of a popular subject. From the July 20, 2000, issue of "Scientific American". http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=where-are-they Topics: Astronomy Last updated Sep 22, 2009 |
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