US Launches Search For Alien Life on 86 Planets

A massive radio telescope in rural West Virginia has begun listening for signs of alien life on 86 possible Earth-like planets, US astronomers said on Friday. The giant dish began this week pointing toward each of the 86 planets -- culled from a list of 1,235 possible planets identified by NASA's Kepler space telescope -- and will gather 24 hours of data on each one.

It's not absolutely certain that all of these stars have habitable planetary systems, but they're very good places to look for ET, said University of California at Berkeley graduate student Andrew Siemion.


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