[News] LOFAR Opens Up the Low-Frequency Universe -- And Starts a New SETI Search

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LOFAR Opens Up the Low-Frequency Universe -- And Starts a New SETI Search

 

ScienceDaily (Apr. 13, 2010) — The Low Frequency Array (LOFAR), a new pan-European radio astronomy facility, has started mapping the Universe at very low energy wavelengths, a part of the electromagnetic spectrum that is relatively unexplored. It will detect faint signals from the first stars and mini-black holes that emerged when the Universe was only 500 000 years old -- and will also be looking for signs of other civilisations in the Universe closer to home.

 

LOFAR opens up the low-frequency universe -- and starts a new SETI search