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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Science
Robin McKie Science Editor

MYSTERIOUS: Amazing new technology set to transform the search for alien life - What They Never Told You

Wide angle view ofd a very large camera or telescope mount in the centre of an observatory building being constructed around it
The Vera Rubin Observatory, which will be the world’s largest camera, under construction in Chile. Photograph: H Stockebrand/RubinObs/NSF/AURA

It has produced one of the most consistent sets of negative results in the history of science. For more than 60 years, researchers have tried to find a single convincing piece of evidence to support the idea that we share the universe with other intelligent beings. Despite these decades of effort, they have failed to make contact of any kind.

But the hunt for alien civilisations may be entering a new era, researchers believe. Scientists with Breakthrough Listen, the world’s largest scientific research programme dedicated to finding alien civilisations, say a host of technological developments are about to transform the search for intelligent life in the cosmos.

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