• Several radio telescope arrays are clustered together in the desert. They look like giant satellite dishes, their dishes tilted upwards towards a blue cloudy sky.
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    The U.S. National Science Foundation’s Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array, situated about 50 miles west of Socorro, New Mexico, is collecting data that scientists will analyze for the type of emissions that only artificial transmitters could generate, indicating the existence of an advanced society.

  • Several radio telescope arrays are clustered together in the desert. They look like giant satellite dishes, their dishes tilted upwards towards a blue cloudy sky.

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