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## Video: Search For Alien Life Just Got A $100M Boost

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_Published 2015-07-20. A $100 million donation by Russian billionaire Yuri Milner will fund a new alien-seeking initiative called Breakthrough Listen._


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## Transcript

If you've always wanted an alien friend like ET, don't give up hope just yet. Russian billionaire Yuri Milnor announced he's donating 100, 000, 000 million dollars to the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. The global initiative is called Breakthrough Listen. Thanks to the donation, researchers will scan the skies for chatter that could be coming from life on another planet. So what does $ 100 million buy when it comes to hunting for aliens? Two things. The first is observation time one the world's best radio telescopes. The green bank telescope in West Virginia and the Parks telescope in Australia will be the new offices for a slew of researchers.

The giant telescopes will give the team access to ten times more sky than previous efforts. Researchers hope to find noise in the otherwise quiet one that is usually obscured by the Earth's atmosphere. Item number two up for purchase, the technology to process the recorded data. Another team will set up shop at the University of Berkley to begin developing the necessary electronics. Renewed interest on the project comes on the heels of the latest discovery from NASA's Kepler mission to find habitable planets. NASA found that planets orbiting in the habitable zone where liquid water can exist are more common than previously thought.

One of the researchers on the case Astronomer Frank Drake said in a statement right now there could be messages from the stars flying right through the room, through us all. That still sends a shiver down my spine. The search for intelligent life is a great adventure. And Breakthrough Listen is giving it a huge lift. And if the effort fails and researchers don't find any aliens Wired reports Milner says he'll throw more money in the pot.

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