The VLA offers several important capabilities for SETI. To begin with, it’s big. The 27 antennas that comprise the instrument, each 25 meters in diameter, are spread over 22 miles of flat, New Mexico ...

It’s not just one gigantic antenna dish, but 28 of them, and depending on their aim, they can be spread over 22 miles or be pulled into a space less than a mile wide. It’s called the National ...

We can't help ourselves but wonder about life elsewhere in the universe. Any hint of a biosignature or even a faint, ...