Breakthrough Listen project

22 April 2026

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Artificial intelligence used to find undetected fast radio bursts

12 September 2018 Astronomy Now

Artificial intelligence algorithms found 72 previously undetected fast radio bursts in a source 3 billion light years from Earth, demonstrating a powerful new tool for radio astronomers faced sifting through enormous amounts of data.

Breakthrough Listen begins expanded search for ET

10 May 2018 Astronomy Now

The Breakthrough Listen initiative, dedicated to searching for signs of intelligent life beyond Earth, is using powerful new equipment at the Parkes radio telescope in Australia to scan millions of stars across the disk of the Milky Way.