Allen Telescope Array

The Allen Telescope Array is a large collection of radio telescopes located in northern California that works together to scan the sky and search for signals from alien civilizations. Named after philanthropist Paul Allen who helped fund it, this innovative observatory combines the power of many smaller dishes to create a virtual telescope as powerful as a much larger single dish, making it uniquely suited for the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). By detecting radio waves from distant galaxies and potentially picking up technological signals from space, the Allen Telescope Array represents humanity's ambitious attempt to answer one of science's biggest questions: Are we alone in the universe?