Inside the Massive Radio Search of Our Newest Interstellar Guest

The Allen Telescope Array. Credit - Allen Telescope Array / Wikimedia User brewbooks

It feels like every week now we’re writing a new article about how 3I/ATLAS is not an alien technology. But it’s worth re-iterating, and perhaps taking a look at the methodology we used to prove that statement. A new paper, available in pre-print form on arXiv from Sofia Sheikh of the SETI Institute and her co-authors, details how one specific instrument – the Allen Telescope Array (ATA) – contributed to that effort.