Alien Eavesdropping: How SETI’s Latest Technology Scoured TRAPPIST-1 for Otherworldly Communications

Scientists at SETI and Penn State deployed the Allen Telescope to probe TRAPPIST-1 for alien signals over 28 hours. Utilizing planet-planet occultations and enhanced scanning technology, they identified potential signals, none of which were extraterrestrial, but the methods developed promise future success. This project marks the longest single-target search for radio signals from TRAPPIST-1. SETI’s [...]