Lazio, T. Joseph W.,

Hello? Are You Still There?. T. Joseph W. Lazio. - Mercury, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 52, Science, 1522-3264; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: Hello? Are You Still There?, May/June 2003; pp. 27-31.

"Anybody who has experienced a momentary disruption in a cell phone conversation knows that the first task is to verify that the other party is still on the line. Researchers who search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) have found themselves in a similar situation. On a number of occasions they have appeared to be on the tantalizing brink of making first contact with another civilization, only to be unable to verify whether they have found a real signal." (MERCURY) This article describes the latest technology used in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.

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Interstellar communication
Life on other planets
Microlensing
Radio astronomy
Radio telescopes
Scintillation spectrometry
SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence)

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