| NEW YORK (FOX5NY) - Practically since humankind could look up at the sky, the question has been asked: Do we have company up there, in the cosmos? "I'm quite sure we're not the only intelligent species in the universe," said Dr. Seth Shostak. | ARTHUR CHI'EN www.fox5ny.com 2-22-16 |
For the last 25 years, Shostak and his team at the SETI Institute have been eavesdropping on space with their massive antennas in California. They are listening for signs that intelligent life exists or has existed.
"I find it hard to believe it hasn't, doesn't or won't," said Dr. Rebecca Oppenheimer.
Dr. Oppenheimer, Chairwoman of Astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, and her team have been looking at images of planets for the same. Both Oppenheimer and Shostak agree, life must exist beyond Earth. In its simplest form, it could be as close as Mars or Europa, Jupiter's icy moon. [...]
