New Europe-Wide Radio Telescope To Look For ET 49
astroengine writes "A new radio telescope is under construction, consisting of 44 stations (each consisting of several antennae) spread across Europe. The pan-European Low Frequency Array is half built and already returning unprecedented observations of cosmic radio sources. The best thing is, when it's complete, SETI will be able to use the array to seek out transmitting extraterrestrial civilizations in these untapped low radio frequencies."
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So we're looking for ETs who are also ham radio operators?
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This is totally messed up. Why would they look for E.T. in Europe?
If E.T.'s anywhere, it's in Hollywood, USA!
I thought E.T. was in a landfill, in New Mexico.
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Exactly. It's all relative. Like the snail who got mugged by the 3 tortoises.
When questioned by the police he said "I just don't know. It all happened so fast."
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One might imagine that things like reaction time have to be relatively close to things like gravity, because otherwise species could be wiped out by falling rocks and such.
Aha - that explains why there's no plant life on Earth :/