SETI Live: Making SETI More COSMIC

COSMIC SETI took a big step towards using the National Science Foundation’s Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) for 24/7 SETI observations. Fiber optic amplifiers and splitters are now installed for all 27 VLA antennas, giving COSMIC access to a complete and independent copy of the data streams from the entire VLA. Once the digital backend comes online, SETI observations will be possible 24/7 at the VLA! Learn more about COSMIC with Project Scientist Cherry Ng and Postdoctoral Research Fellow Savin Shynu Varghese.

The Commensal Open-Source Multimode Interferometer Cluster Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (COSMIC SETI) is a collaboration between the SETI Institute and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), which operates the VLA, to bring a state-of-the-art search for extraterrestrial intelligence to the VLA for the first time. As the VLA conducts observations, COSMIC will enable SETI Institute scientists to access that data to analyze for evidence of technosignatures, signs of technology not caused by natural phenomena.

Press release: https://www.seti.org/press-release/cosmic-all-antennas-very-large-array-ready-stream-data-technosignature-research

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