A new search for ET intelligent life launched today

[Knight of Clear Skies]

I agree it's worth a listen, in the unlikely event that we did receive a signal it would change our perspective for ever.

There's no bigger question than whether life is rare or common in the universe.

[Moon-Watcher]

There's no bigger question than whether life is rare or common in the universe.

Do you mean "unique" or common?  I would say that was the bigger question?

Mark

[LukeSkywatcher]

I used to run SETI@HOME on my desktop. After about 3 yrs of finding nothing,i got bored and deleted the program. 

[Gutross]

I agree it's worth a listen, in the unlikely event that we did receive a signal it would change our perspective for ever.

There's no bigger question than whether life is rare or common in the universe.

honestly we likely have already received signals, we just dont understand their language

[Moon-Watcher]

I used to run SETI@HOME on my desktop. After about 3 yrs of finding nothing,i got bored and deleted the program. 

Hi Luke,

What was involved with that?  What did you do? Where is the site?  

Mark

[John]

Hi Luke,

What was involved with that?  What did you do? Where is the site?  

Mark

http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/

[ronin]

I gather that the funding is from a Russian Billionaire.

[Paul M]

Searching in 3 dimensions is easy. Just point a radio telescope somewhere and listen. 

The three spatial dimensions are vast but my belief is that we aren't separated from our nearest neighbours by space but by time. And time is equally vast!

Maybe some alien civilisation, 100,000 l/y away, started sending radio broadcasts 10,000 years ago. Will we be here to hear them in 90,000 years. I wouldn't bet on it!

Maybe our nearest neighbours expired a billion years ago? Or maybe we'll be a billion years extinct by the time life spontaneously arises somewhere else within our observable universe? 

I'm not saying we shouldn't try. It's just I won't be putting my money up

Edit: can't add up!

[Moon-Watcher]

http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/

Thanks.  What am I supposed to be looking at?

Mark

[ollypenrice]

Searching in 3 dimensions is easy. Just point a radio telescope somewhere and listen. 

The three spatial dimensions are vast but my belief is that we aren't separated from our nearest neighbours by space but by time. And time is equally vast!

Maybe some alien civilisation, 100,000 l/y away, started sending radio broadcasts 10,000 years ago. Will we be here to hear them in 90,000 years. I wouldn't bet on it!

Maybe our nearest neighbours expired a billion years ago? Or maybe we'll be a billion years extinct by the time life spontaneously arises somewhere else within our observable universe? 

I'm not saying we shouldn't try. It's just I won't be putting my money up

Edit: can't add up!

I think that this is it.

Olly

[Moon-Watcher]

John,

Thanks for that.  But somehow, the programme has linked with my Stellarium program(?)  and that didn't work properly anyway.

Solution: new laptop with MUCH later windows...

Cheers,

Mark

[John]

John,

Thanks for that.  But somehow, the programme has linked with my Stellarium program(?)  and that didn't work properly anyway.

Solution: new laptop with MUCH later windows...

Cheers,

Mark

The link should take you to the SETI@home web page which explains how to get involved.

If you Google the term you should get the same webpage.

[Knight of Clear Skies]

Do you mean "unique" or common?  I would say that was the bigger question?

Mark

Technically, yes, although I tend to think that for us to be the only life in the universe is the least likely state of affairs.

[Stub Mandrel]

I have a fear that there may well be other inhabited worlds, but what if this is the only place where the universe has become aware of itself?

[JamesF]

There could be millions of civilisations out there, all thinking they have no chance of finding anyone else...

James