Looking Up - 10 April 24 - PhD student Venu Prayag shares his interest in technosignatures

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Second year PhD student Venu Prayag shares his interest in technosignatures: a method of detecting alien activity emanating from planets outside of our solar system. He's optimistic we will find these soon, and with the South African instrument, MeerKAT, in the Northern Cape!

10 Apr 2024 English South Africa Places & Travel

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