- ABC News.com: Are We Alone?
The X-Files and UFO sightings notwithstanding, aliens are not here. But are they out there somewhere in the galaxy? With the advent of radio technology this century, scientists now have some hope of finding aliens without them dropping in and waving hello.
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/science/seti/seti_splash.html
(Added: Sat Oct 26 2002)
- Drake's Equation
The Drake Equation was developed by Frank Drake in 1961 as a way to focus on the factors which determine how many intelligent, communicating civilizations there are in our galaxy. This web site allows you to perform calculations with the Drake Equation (interactive).
http://www.activemind.com/Mysterious/Topics/SETI/drake_equation.html
(Added: Sat Oct 26 2002)
- How SETI Works
Howstuffworks looks at how radio telescopes work and how they are used for SETI searches, what the probabilities of detecting alien life are, what might happen if or when such a signal is detected and how you can participate in SETI yourself.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/seti.htm
(Added: Sun Oct 27 2002)
- Radio Bubble and SETI
Radio communication was only invented around 70 years ago so the first radiation (which was extremely weak) has only had a chance to travel 70 ly from the Earth in this time - in this way we can imagine the Earth to be surrounded by a radio bubble of radius 70 ly which is expanding at the speed of light.
http://homepage.smc.edu/balm_simon/astro5/lect26.html
(Added: Sat Oct 26 2002)
- SETI Institute
The mission of the SETI Institute is to explore, understand and explain the origin, nature and prevalence of life in the universe.
http://www.seti.org/
(Added: Sat Oct 26 2002)
- SETI: Searching for Life
Sky Publishing provides this very informative site dealing that contains news and background on the Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence.
http://skyandtelescope.com/resources/SETI/
(Added: Sun Oct 27 2002)
- SETI@home: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence at Home
SETI@home is a scientific experiment that uses Internet-connected computers in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). You can participate by running a free program that downloads and analyzes radio telescope data.
http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/
(Added: Wed Oct 23 2002)
- The Search for Extraterrestrial Life
Will living creatures arise on every planet where favorable physical conditions occur?
http://www.seds.org/~rme/seti.html
(Added: Sun Oct 27 2002)
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