Hope to find life outside the Earth before 2025

Quang Thinh

With a telescope telescope system capable of detecting electromagnetic signals in the most remote places in the universe, astronomers are hoping to find extraterrestrial civilization by 2025 at the latest.

The search for life outside of the Earth is taking an important step forward with the operation of the Allen Telescope Array (ATA) telescope system from October 11 in Hat Creek, California, USA. The system is funded by Microsoft founder Paul Allen and is run by the SETI Institute (Search for Extraterrestrial Civilizations) and Radio Astronomical Laboratory of the University of California, Berkeley, USA.

The first 42 radio antennas are active

When completed in a few years, ATA will have all 350 radio 6-meter radio antenna pans, and become one of the world's largest astronomical observation systems.

With the ability to observe star systems containing more than 1 million stars, ATA can detect electromagnetic radiation signals emitted from extraterrestrial civilizations in the most remote places - possibly from Earth to 500 light years.

On October 11, the first 42 ATA antenna pans began operating in California in search of extraterrestrial civilizations.(Photo: Science Daily)

Seth Shostak, a veteran astronomer from the SETI Institute, said: 'The technical features of ATA will help us expand our ability to search for extraterrestrial intelligence signals, and can lead to discovery. Smart creatures are somewhere in the vast universe '.

On October 11, the first 42 antenna systems of the system began collecting data, and these data will be analyzed by digital signal processing software to detect signs. of life beyond the Earth.

ATA can detect electromagnetic radiation signals emitted by civilizations, if any, in places that are 500 light-years away from Earth.(Photo: BBC)

The first test images collected from ATA are radio maps of two nearby Milky Way Milestones, Andromeda and Triangulum. Large scope of observation 'unprecedented'.

ATA executives claim that even with just 42 antennas in operation, the system is also the "rival" of larger systems in conducting space research and surveys. When all 350 radio antenna pans work, the ATA will be a large-scale data collection system 'unprecedented ever'.

SETI believes that from now until 2025, this system will collect 1,000 times the amount of data that has been accumulated over the past 45 years. At that time, ATA will be able to survey a space area 17 times larger than the observed scope of the Very Large Array system in New Mexico today.

Mr. Allen funded $ 25 million to help build the original base for the ATA system. Currently, ATA managers are looking for additional $ 25 million funding from other individuals and organizations to complete the project.

Hope to find ' needle ' in the universe

Paul Allen, who funded the ATA project - a project that is expected to detect signs of life outside of the Earth.(Photo: AP)

Experts hope that the ATA will help humans first detect the most specific signs of alien life from now until 2025.

Astronomer Seth Shostak of the SETI Institute, in Mountain View, California, said: 'This is the world's first large-scale glass telescope system specifically designed to search for extraterrestrial civilizations. '.

Mr. Shostak said that finding life outside of the Earth in the Milky Way is like "catching a needle in the sea". He said: 'We do not know how many' needles' in the 'sea' The galaxy has 400 million stars, but I think we will find one (ie the alien civilization) at the latest. is in 2025 '.

Not only searching for extraterrestrial civilization, ATA also helps astronomers have an opportunity to increase their understanding of phenomena such as exploded stars, black holes in the universe and cosmic objects. mysterious - astronomical objects that experts currently predict, but rarely or unobserved.

In addition, ATA helps scientists learn more about the evolution of galaxies. According to Leo Blitz, director of the Radio Astronomical Laboratory at Berkeley, 'this system is opening up' big doors 'for space science researchers'.