It looks as though new radio telescopes might be the perfect platform from which we could listen for FM radio, television and radar from other planets. A facility such as the Low Frequency Demonstrator of the Mileura Wide-Field Array in Australia, currently under construction, should be able to scan the neighborhoods of about 1000 stars. A larger facility could, theoretically, scan over 100 million star systems. Lets hope some other civilization out there is broadcasting as much low-frequency noise as we are!
Labels: extraterrestrial life, low-frequency radio, SETI















