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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Photo: ET, Flash Home: New Telescope to Seek Alien Light Signals


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Seen through its open observatory window, the Optical SETI Telescope in Massachusetts includes a 6-foot (183-centimeter) mirror (center). The telescope is the first dedicated to the search for extraterrestrial light signals.

Photograph courtesy Planetary Society