Curious Kids: what has the search for extraterrestrial life actually yielded and how does it work?
- Written by Danny C Price, Astrophysicist, Swinburne University of Technology
The Parkes Observatory radio dish, the second largest telescope in the southern hemisphere, has a 'multibeam' receiver which can search 13 places in the sky simultaneously for signs of intelligent life. Shutterstock
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What has the search for...
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