WASHINGTON: Leading figures behind the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (Seti), which has been using radio telescope to detect unnatural signals from space in search of intelligent extraterrestrial life, proposed an active form of alien life search dubbed Messages to Extraterrestrial Intelligence.
Meti signals will be targeted in parts of the galaxy where life may exist in Earth-like planets based on the increasing number of exoplanets identified by the Kepler space telescope.
Douglas Vakoch, a proponent of sending signals to alien life, said that there are now natural targets for transmission projects given the recent detection of Earth-like planets in the so-called habitable zones.
At the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in San Jose, Seti director Seth Shostak told the attendees that this moment is an opportune time for humans to bolster efforts to search for other beings on other planets.
“Some of us at the institute are interested in ‘active Seti,’ not just listening but broadcasting something to some nearby stars because maybe there is some chance that if you wake somebody up you’ll get a response,” Shostak said.
There are concerns, however, that actively reaching out to extraterrestrial life could potentially lead to our planet’s devastation.
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