Breakthrough Listen

Did Stephen Hawking's Breakthrough initiative detect signals from aliens? 5 reasons why it's a hasty conclusion

Fast radio bursts, or FRBs, are brief, bright pulses of radio emission from distant galaxies.

Sep 05, 2017, 08:43 AM IST

Stephen Hawking's 'Breakthrough Listen' detects repeating fast radio bursts from dwarf galaxy 3 billion light years from Earth

British cosmologist Stephen Hawking's USD 100-million 'Breakthrough Listen' initiative has detected 15 fast radio bursts emanating from the mysterious "repeater" FRB 121102.

Aug 30, 2017, 22:52 PM IST

Billionaire Yuri Milner bids another $100 million to explore the cosmos

Billionaire Internet investor Yuri Milner announced another $100 million initiative on Tuesday to better understand the cosmos, this time by deploying thousands of tiny spacecraft to travel to our nearest neighboring star system and send back pictures.

Apr 13, 2016, 00:07 AM IST