21st Century : Science : SETI@home Are we alone in the Universe?
This is the question which has baffled and fascinated mankind
for centuries. One only has to look at the plethora of popular
Science Fiction TV shows and films to see that we are fascinated
by the idea of other intelligent life "out there".We still have
no conclusive proof that we are, or are not alone, for that
matter. Discounting the thousands of unsubstantiated UFO
reports, as far as we know, E.T. has not dropped in, and Mr
Spock has not popped by to see if we are living long and
prospering. But now, mankind has the technology to search the
heavens, if on a somewhat limited basis; but then, there is
rather a lot of ground to cover. This search has a name: SETI,
or the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, which is a
scientific effort aiming to determine if there is intelligent
life out in the universe. There are many methods that SETI
scientific teams use to search for extraterrestrial
intelligence. Many of these search billions of radio