Wednesday, November 4, 2026

Game Theory Helps SETI Search for Alien Civilizations

Five of the 42 radiotelescopes in the Allen Telescope Array (ATA) at the Hat Creek Radio Observatory. SETI has launched a new observing program with the ATA that doesn't just focus on where to look, but on when to look. The search is based on game theory. Image Credit: Alex Pollak

SETI can be more effective the more the targets in the search are refined. SETI's newest survey effort uses game theory to inform its search. It's based on the idea that other ETIs would almost certainly use the transit method to detect habitable worlds like Earth.



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