New SETI technology could spot alien signals through Earth’s radio noise

Plus: China outlines plan for crewed lunar landing by 2030 [Blueprint]( Sponsored by 📡 This could be the opportunity astronomers have been waiting for: A new technique to filter out alien radio transmissions from those produced here on Earth could supercharge the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. 🎇 By analyzing radio “scintillations”, researchers can now algorithmically identify signals that passed through interstellar plasma. ✅ This would confirm they originated from distant space, a huge leap for detecting extraterrestrial communications. The technique has already proven capable of isolating cosmic radio emissions. 👽 While a one-off signal alone can’t confirm aliens, scintillation analysis adds a powerful new method to authenticate its origin. Future radio detections could be unambiguously identified as not of this world. You can Learn all about this development in [today’s Must Read article](. 📹 But first, here’s [your video of the day](. Good morning. 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