Breakthrough Listen
E653614
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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Breakthrough Listen canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7272538 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Breakthrough Listen Context triple: [Green Bank Telescope, notableProject, Breakthrough Listen]
-
A.
SETI
SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) is a scientific effort that uses astronomical observations and signal analysis to detect possible signs of intelligent life beyond Earth.
-
B.
SETI Institute
The SETI Institute is a nonprofit research organization dedicated to exploring, understanding, and explaining the origin and nature of life in the universe, including the scientific search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
-
C.
NASA SETI programs
NASA SETI programs are government-funded scientific initiatives that use advanced radio and optical telescopes to search for potential signals from extraterrestrial civilizations.
-
D.
SETI Artist in Residence (SETI AIR) program
The SETI Artist in Residence (SETI AIR) program is an initiative that pairs artists with scientists at the SETI Institute to foster interdisciplinary collaborations and create art inspired by the search for extraterrestrial intelligence and exploration of the universe.
-
E.
Allen Telescope Array
The Allen Telescope Array is a large, multi-dish radio telescope facility in California designed primarily for simultaneous radio astronomy and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Breakthrough Listen Target entity description: 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.
-
A.
SETI
SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) is a scientific effort that uses astronomical observations and signal analysis to detect possible signs of intelligent life beyond Earth.
-
B.
SETI Institute
The SETI Institute is a nonprofit research organization dedicated to exploring, understanding, and explaining the origin and nature of life in the universe, including the scientific search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
-
C.
NASA SETI programs
NASA SETI programs are government-funded scientific initiatives that use advanced radio and optical telescopes to search for potential signals from extraterrestrial civilizations.
-
D.
SETI Artist in Residence (SETI AIR) program
The SETI Artist in Residence (SETI AIR) program is an initiative that pairs artists with scientists at the SETI Institute to foster interdisciplinary collaborations and create art inspired by the search for extraterrestrial intelligence and exploration of the universe.
-
E.
Allen Telescope Array
The Allen Telescope Array is a large, multi-dish radio telescope facility in California designed primarily for simultaneous radio astronomy and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
SETI program
ⓘ
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
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
SETI Institute NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCoordination | United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dataAccessibleVia | online archives ⓘ |
| dataPolicy | open data ⓘ |
| duration | 10 years ⓘ |
| field |
optical SETI
ⓘ
radio astronomy ⓘ search for extraterrestrial intelligence ⓘ |
| fundedBy | Yuri Milner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fundingAmount | 100 million US dollars ⓘ |
| goal |
detect artificial radio signals from extraterrestrial civilizations
ⓘ
detect optical laser signals from extraterrestrial civilizations ⓘ search for technosignatures ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
Berkeley SETI Research Center
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
CSIRO NERFINISHED ⓘ South African Radio Astronomy Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hostInstitution | University of California, Berkeley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 2015 ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| notableTarget |
Proxima Centauri
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tabby’s Star NERFINISHED ⓘ ‘Oumuamua NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observes |
Milky Way galactic plane
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
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
ⓘ
narrowband signal detection ⓘ time-domain analysis ⓘ wideband radio spectroscopy ⓘ |
| usesTelescope |
Automated Planet Finder
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
FAST radio telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ Green Bank Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ MeerKAT radio telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ Parkes Radio Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| website | https://breakthroughinitiatives.org/initiative/1 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Breakthrough Listen Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.