Aliens must be out there, somewhere. Humanity suspects it for centuries. Humans have imagined how alien life would look like and transposed it into sci-fi movies, cartoons, video games, toys, and so on. The funny thing is, extraterrestrial friends might be looking straight at our planet with their telescope as well. Without knowing if Earth is habitable, they might be wondering, “that planet looks too beautiful; someone or something must live there!”.
Our technology is so limited. Our spaceships are too slow for the mind-boggling distances that separate the solar systems. Even with the fastest spaceship, it would take much more than a human lifetime to travel to Alpha Centauri, meaning the closest solar system to ours. We hate to disappoint you, but nobody lives forever.
The world sure needs new ideas for our search for extraterrestrial life. But who can provide them?
A network of powerful telescopes and computers for the highest astronomical goal
The Jerusalem Post reveals Avi Loeb’s new goal called the Galileo Project. Loeb is an Israeli scientist from Harvard University. His goal is to search for alien life in a more advanced way than humanity has done until now.
Avi Loeb’s plan is to implement a network of telescopes, computers and cameras to observe data for scanning for evidence of any green fellows lurking in the darkness of the Cosmos.
Loeb explained for The Jerusalem Post:
The idea is to use a new network of telescopes and cameras to collect data into a computer system so we can analyze it, spot notable phenomena and track it.
Encountering alien life is likely the biggest goal possible in astronomy. But the main question is: what will humanity do if it ever reaches such a purpose?