The Cosmos: A Beginner’s Guide
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- Episode
- Life In The Cosmos
- Broadcast Info
- 2007 (29 mins)
- Description
- We report from the Allan Telescope Array (ATA), an impressive group of telescopes in Northern California at the cutting edge in the search for intelligent life. We meet the Godfather of extraterrestrial hunting and take a look at his mind boggling formula which estimates the amount of intelligent life in our galaxy. We put a little of Devon into outer space. We learn about a brand new technique to detect life on Mars that uses technology from a surprising source - a pregnancy testing kit. We ask do the aliens in movies bear any resemblance to the real thing? And we discover how, if aliens got in touch, we would respond. Of course, any message we receive may not be as friendly as the one we send...
Allan Telescope Array Northern California search for intelligent life detecting life on Mars aliens in movies - Genre
- Science; Astronomy; Cosmology
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