SETI searches for alien signals synchronized with supernova 1987A

'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