Hunters of extraterrestrial intelligence are celebrating! Russian billionaire Yuri Milner financed SETI with $ 100 million.
During an event at the Royal Society in London earlier today, Yuri Milner along with physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking, from the stage announced a new Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, or SETI, funding initiative that will help detect life across the universe. universe.
Although several agencies and big names have from time to time devoted time and resources to monitoring electromagnetics radiations in transmissions, today's news marks one of the largest funding acquisitions SETI has received in its history.
This money, over ten years, will be used to consolidate access to the Parkes telescope in Australia, and at the Green Bank Telescope located in West Virginia. This access is largely restricted to SETI scientists, as these radio telescopes are in high demand throughout the wider astronomical community. In fact, scientists will have thousands of additional hours each year to use the telescopes.
To help raise public awareness, the project will organize a contest to search for a digital message that best represents life on Earth, with a gift of 1.000.000 for the winner.
Ο Hawking, ο οποίος θα είναι ένας σύμβουλος του φιλόδοξου project, είπε ότι πιστεύει ότι η ζωή αναδύθηκε "αυθόρμητα" στη Γη, και έτσι στο άπειρο σύμπαν θα πρέπει να υπάρχουν και "άλλες εμφανίσεις" ζωής.
Yuri Milner, on the other hand, is known for his investments in high-profile tech companies such as Groupon, Facebook, Flipkart, Alibaba, and Xiaomi.
