The SciencesNovember 20, 2017
New Keys to Help Extraterrestrials Unlock Our Messages
A 19th-century proposal for contacting aliens is being rebooted in the latest transmission to nearby star
Stories by Douglas Vakoch
Douglas Vakoch is president of METI, a nonprofit research and educational organization based in San Francisco that is dedicated to Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence, developing an international optical SETI network, and promoting basic research in astrobiology. He led the team that constructed METI’s tutorial for Sónar Calling GJ 273b.