Breakthrough Listen
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Breakthrough Listen is a large-scale scientific initiative dedicated to searching for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence using some of the world’s most powerful radio telescopes.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
SETI program
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astronomical survey ⓘ scientific initiative ⓘ |
| announcedAt | Royal Society, London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| announcedBy | Yuri Milner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| announcedOn | 20 July 2015 ⓘ |
| basedAt | Berkeley SETI Research Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coFoundedBy |
Stephen Hawking
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yuri Milner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Breakthrough Starshot
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SETI Institute NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCoordination | United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dataAccessibleVia | online archives ⓘ |
| dataPolicy | open data ⓘ |
| duration | 10 years ⓘ |
| field |
optical SETI
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radio astronomy ⓘ search for extraterrestrial intelligence ⓘ |
| fundedBy | Yuri Milner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fundingAmount | 100 million US dollars ⓘ |
| goal |
detect artificial radio signals from extraterrestrial civilizations
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detect optical laser signals from extraterrestrial civilizations ⓘ search for technosignatures ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
Berkeley SETI Research Center
NERFINISHED
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CSIRO NERFINISHED ⓘ South African Radio Astronomy Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hostInstitution | University of California, Berkeley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 2015 ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| notableTarget |
Proxima Centauri
NERFINISHED
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Tabby’s Star NERFINISHED ⓘ ‘Oumuamua NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observes |
Milky Way galactic plane
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nearby galaxies ⓘ nearby stars ⓘ |
| partOf | Breakthrough Initiatives NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scientificDirector | Andrew Siemion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| searchesFrequencyRange | radio frequencies from about 1 GHz to 15 GHz ⓘ |
| searchesWavelengthRange | optical and near-infrared ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
machine learning for signal classification
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narrowband signal detection ⓘ time-domain analysis ⓘ wideband radio spectroscopy ⓘ |
| usesTelescope |
Automated Planet Finder
NERFINISHED
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FAST radio telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ Green Bank Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ MeerKAT radio telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ Parkes Radio Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| website | https://breakthroughinitiatives.org/initiative/1 ⓘ |
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