The intuition suggested by the Drake equation implies that technology should be less prevalent than biology in the galaxy. However, it has been appreciated for decades in the SETI community […]
Technosignature
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The Breakthrough Listen Search for Intelligent Life: Technosignature Search of Transiting TESS Targets of Interest
The Breakthrough Listen Initiative, as part of its larger mission, is performing the most thorough technosignature search of nearby stars. Additionally, Breakthrough Listen is collaborating with scientists working on NASAs […]
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Nitrogen Dioxide Pollution As A Signature Of Extraterrestrial Technology
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) on Earth today has biogenic and anthropogenic sources. During the COVID-19 pandemic, observations of global NO2 emissions have shown significant decrease in urban areas. Drawing upon this […]
Posted inBiosignatures & Paleobiology, Press Release
The Nine Axes of Merit for Technosignature Searches
The diverse methodologies and myriad orthogonal proposals for the best technosignatures to search for in SETI can make it difficult to develop an effective and balanced search strategy, especially from […]
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Technosignatures in the Thermal Infrared
WISE, Gaia, and JWST provide an opportunity to compute the first robust upper limits on the energy supplies of extraterrestrial civilizations, both for stars in the Galaxy (Kardashev Type II […]
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The Promise of Data Science for the Technosignatures Field
This paper outlines some of the possible advancements for the technosignatures searches using the new methods currently rapidly developing in computer science, such as machine learning and deep learning. It […]