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Scientists Exploring Extraterrestrial Intelligence

The first major telescope in the world built specifically for undertaking a search for extraterrestrial intelligence, ALLEN TELESCOPE ARRAY (ATA)

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ATA Telescope

ATA Telescope

ATA Telescope

Allen Telescope Array (ATA)

Recently reported at the American Astronomical Society, a study using the Array radio telescope in New Mexico and the French Plateau de Bure Interferometer has enabled astronomers to peer within a billion years of the Big Bang and found evidence that black holes were there first.

  


Hat Creek, California Oct. 11, 2007

The University of California, Berkeley and the SETI Institute announced that the first 42 radio dishes of the Allen Telescope Array (ATA) are activated and collecting scientific data from the far reaches of the universe.

This is the first phase of a planned 350 radio dishes that will advance the capabilities of radio astronomy research.

Paul G. Allen, Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist whose foundation donated seed money that started the project in 2001, joined representatives of UC Berkeley and the SETI Institute to launch the array.

All the information and the photos on this web page come from the SETI Institute.