SETI public: Is anyone out there?

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From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Mon Jan 03 2005 - 08:33:17 PST

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    Is anyone out there?

    Scientists continue to aim for astrobiological answers to the question

    by ANDREA ROWLAND

    A universal longing to solve two of life's enduring mysteries - Where did we come from? Are we alone? - drives scientists to continue to searching the sky for answers. Increasingly sophisticated technology aids astrobiologists - scientists from a variety of disciplines who study the origins, evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe - in their quest to unlock the secrets of space.

    Since the first scientific search for extraterrestrial intelligence 40 years ago, scientists, including Dr. Jill Tarter of the SETI Institute, have searched our more than 10-billion-year-old galaxy with optical and radio telescopes - looking and listening for signals that nature alone could not produce. In the radio spectrum, that might mean lots of energy compressed into small frequencies; in the optical spectrum, lots of energy compressed into a small amount of time - such as a light blinking very fast - might indicate technological prowess, said Tarter, a renowned astrophysicist who serves as director of the Center for SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Research at the private, nonprofit SETI Institute in California.

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