{"id":25939,"date":"2024-08-27T09:41:04","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T01:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/?post_type=media-release&p=25939"},"modified":"2024-10-24T13:36:09","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T05:36:09","slug":"astronomers-take-alien-search-to-thousands-of-galaxies-far-far-away","status":"publish","type":"media-release","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/media-release\/astronomers-take-alien-search-to-thousands-of-galaxies-far-far-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Astronomers take alien search to thousands of galaxies, far, far away"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Â鶹ֱ²¥ has played a major role in an out-of-this-world international study<\/a> which has taken the search for extraterrestrial life into exciting new territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In collaboration with the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute and the Berkley SETI Research Center, both based in the US, the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research<\/a> (ICRAR) used the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) in remote Western Australia to search for alien life in galaxies other than our own at low radio frequencies for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The MWA is a radio telescope made up of 8192 antennas, spread across more than 30sqkm on Wajarri Yamaji land about 300km north-east of Geraldton, designed to observe the sky and detect emissions from the early universe and to study solar and galactic phenomena<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The research team used the MWA\u2019s wide field of view to search approximately 2800 distant galaxies, making it one of the most detailed searches for alien life ever conducted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ICRAR Deputy Executive Director and MWA Director John Curtin Distinguished Professor Steven Tingay<\/a> said while this initial study did not find any signs of alien technology \u2014 or \u2018technosignatures\u2019 \u2014 it provided insights which will help focus future searches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis study shows how important it is to keep exploring different radio frequencies and using the unique capabilities of telescopes like the MWA,\u201d Professor Tingay said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe MWA continues to open up new ways of exploring the universe for intelligent civilizations and technosig\u00adnatures, while using the same data to study the astrophysics of stars and galaxies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis work is novel and paves the way for future observations with even more powerful telescopes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The SETI Institute\u2019s Dr Chenoa Tremblay said the study was an exciting new approach to searching for civilizations more advanced than our own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo send a signal from another galaxy, a civilization would need technology powerful enough to use the energy of their sun or several stars in their galaxy,\u201d Dr Tremblay said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis work represents a significant step forward in our efforts to detect signals from advanced extraterrestrial civilizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe large field of view and low-frequency range of the MWA makes it an ideal tool for this kind of research and will guide future searches for other forms of life.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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