'It's getting closer and closer for sure.' How SETI is expanding its search for alien intelligence (exclusive)
The “COSMIC” system in New Mexico is spearheading a new SETI approach, now observing up to 3000 stars per hour, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Using a technique called `beamforming,’ COSMIC combines signals from 27 antennas to target areas of interest within the array’s field of view on the sky.
SETI scientists begin huge new hunt for intelligent aliens