UCLA Astronomers Enlist Public to Find Out If Aliens Exist

UCLA Astronomers Enlist Public to Find Out If Aliens Exist
A student walks toward Royce Hall on the campus of University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) in Los Angeles on March 11, 2020. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images
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Members of the public are invited to help scientists at the University of California–Los Angeles (UCLA) search for alien life—no experience necessary—through a new project recently unveiled by the university.

Titled “Are We Alone in the Universe?” the program will have participants work virtually alongside scientists to search through data by analyzing radio waves from potentially thousands of light years away for signs of alien life.