Another is to look for “technosignatures” of alien technology — radio signals or microwaves coming from deep in space. The idea has been around for decades, but now Congress is pushing NASA<\/a> to ramp up the approach. This week, the agency held a three-day workshop<\/a> in Houston to explore the state of the field and what might come next.<\/p> The organizing committee<\/a> included representatives from NASA, the Planetary Science Institute, the SETI Institute and several large research universities. During a <\/b>Reddit question-and-answer session<\/a> on Thursday between workshop participants and the public, Penn State professor of astronomy and astrophysics Jason Wright said that<\/a> though the search for alien technosignatures goes back decades, its pace slowed in the United States after the 1990s.<\/p> But more recently, Wright wrote, there’s been a “resurgence of activity” in the field. So it’s time for those actively looking for technosignatures to be sure they’re looking for the right things.<\/p> At the workshop, where the agenda<\/a> featured events about detecting megastructures and how signs of alien technology might be found in big data, NASA outlined four broad goals<\/a> for its participants:<\/p> On Reddit, workshop speaker Andrew Siemion, Director of Berkeley SETI Research Center, said that if<\/a> NASA does identify alien life, it will exercise caution.<\/p> “There are no plans to attempt communication — our technosignature searches are looking and listening,” he said.<\/p> Whether the efforts lead to the discovery of intelligent life or not, we’ll at least know that we left no stone unturned in the hunt.<\/p> READ MORE:<\/strong> NASA Is Taking a New Look at Searching for Life Beyond Earth<\/a> [NASA]<\/p> More on technosignatures: Astronomer: Instead of Alien Life, Should We Be Searching for Signs of Alien Tech?<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p> Original post: PHONE HOME Are we alone in the universe? Continue reading ALIEN TECH<\/h2>
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