A New Way to Search for Alien Civilizations | #SETILive

Are we searching for extraterrestrial intelligence the wrong way? For decades, SETI researchers have focused on finding narrowband radio signals that might stand out from the natural universe. But what if an advanced civilization that wanted to communicate chose a very different strategy? Join host Dr. Lauren Sgro and UCLA astronomer Dr. Ben Zuckerman as they discuss his new paper, Broadband Searches for Extraterrestrial Technological Intelligence: A New Strategy to Find Nearby Alien Civilizations. The research proposes a new approach to SETI that focuses on broadband signals and existing astronomical surveys, potentially changing how we search for evidence of technological civilizations beyond Earth. Could signs of extraterrestrial technology already be hidden in data we've collected for entirely different purposes? What can current observations tell us about the likelihood of nearby communicative civilizations? And what does the apparent silence of the cosmos really mean? Paper: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10... #SETILive #SETI #Technosignatures #AlienLife #Astronomy #Astrobiology #SpaceScience #Cosmos #Universe #Exoplanets 📺 SETI Live is a weekly livestream from the SETI Institute, featuring researchers and discoveries that deepen our understanding of the universe—and our place within it. If you like science, support the SETI Institute! We're a non-profit research institution focused on understanding the nature and origins of life in the universe. 💸 Donate here: https://seti.org/donate Learn more about the SETI Institute and stay up-to-date on awesome science: 🛎 Subscribe to our YouTube channel at    / setiinstitute   🕹 Watch our streams over on Twitch at   / setiinstitute   🎧 Listen to our podcast https://feeds.libsyn.com/462636/rss 📧 Subscribe to our weekly newsletter https://seti.org/signup 👕 Buy merchandise from Chop Shop https://www.chopshopstore.com/collect... Don't forget to like and subscribe! Ring the bell to be notified when we go live.