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    Astronomers seek volunteers in California

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-- volunteers of the citizens scientists they want to help them track down signs of life.

In outer space body count is live on this forest in San Francisco take lot of -- -- -- that many scientists say it's not if but when we will find evidence of alien intelligence now anyone can get in on the hot.

Search for alien life.

And enduring human endeavor is now it's close as your laptop all you need is said computer Internet access and then.

Desire to help out -- the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.

Is recruiting citizen scientists to help unscramble billions of radio signals and isolate those coming from earth or space satellites.

From sources quite literally out of this world we're looking for a signal that simply says one thing.

There's somebody out -- clever enough to have built a radio transmitter right now 42 radio telescopes in northern California.

Are gathering data from star systems that scientists have determined could contain earth like planets -- the problem is there are just too many signals for studies computer -- to analyze alone.

That's why the data coming in through these telescopes is being posted online available for free to amateur astronomers or anyone else interested in finding EC study scientists say their computer algorithms can't discern anomalies as well as the human -- With said he -- dot org space enthusiasts like Alan Schwartz can identify odd patterns I see what looks to me like some kind of faint -- -- report her findings and just maybe discover a long lost signals.

From intelligent life beyond our galaxy is just so tantalizing.

And if enough people -- got to by the same mysterious pattern those telescopes will take a closer look.

If you're intrigued by all of this visit setting -- dot org.

-- staff -- thank you very much.

Right now.

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