UK Astronomers to Make a Concerted Effort to Find Aliens

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British scientists are looking forward to make joint efforts to look for alien life among the stars. A network has been set up by academics from 11 institutions to coordinate their Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence.
Sir Martin Rees, who is the English Astronomer Royal, will act as patron. The group has called about £1m a year from funding agencies to support listening time on radio telescopes and for data analysis.
It would also support research that figured out new ways to find aliens. Private donation has currently funded the most of Seti work being done in the U. S.
The UK Seti Research Network (UKSRN) coordinator Alan Penny said that important expertise was ready in Britain to play its part. "If we had one part in 200 - half a percent of the money that goes into astronomy at the moment - we could make an amazing difference. We would become comparable with the American effort", the University of St. Andrews researcher told BBC News.
He said he has no idea if aliens exist there, but he is desperate to find them out. He said that there is also a possibility that humans are alone in this world. But if humans are not alone, then it is interesting in a very different way.

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