Members of the public are invited to help scientists at the University of California–Los Angeles (UCLA) search for alien life—no experience necessary—through a new project unveiled by the university earlier this week.
Titled “Are We Alone in the Universe?” the program will have participants work virtually alongside scientists to search through data by analyzing radio waves from potentially thousands of light years away, for signs of alien life.
According to the university, volunteers only need to watch a brief video tutorial on how to analyze images of various radio waves.
“If we found a radio signal that was produced by an extraterrestrial civilization, it would offer compelling evidence that humans are not alone in the universe,” Jean-Luc Margot, the project’s lead researcher, said in a recent statement from the school….