Sky’s the limit in search for E.T.

By Ariana Eunjung Cha, washingtonpost.com
Updated: 11:48 p.m. ET May 29, 2005

HAT CREEK, Calif. - Astronomer Michael M. Davis checked his computer. One of the antennas on the state-of-the-art radio telescope being built in the valley outside his office was picking up an unusual pulse from beyond the earth. A signal from another intelligent civilization? Not today. It was the Rosetta Satellite, en route to study a comet.

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Hunting with new tools

This time, however, the scientists hope things might be different. This month, the first telescope designed specifically for such a search began scanning the skies. It is still in its early stage of development, but when it is completed the telescope will be so powerful that it will be able to look at more stars in a year or two than we have in the past 45 years.
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