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August 15, 2011 08:34 pm GMT

$200k Fundraiser Means SETI Can Listen For Aliens Again

ATA_pix1Nestled in a field 290 miles northeast of San Francisco, the Allen Telescope Array has been dormant since budget cuts forced the SETI Institute to take the facility offline last April. Instead of continuing the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence, the array's 42 radio telescopes now dot the landscape like strange ruins of a lost civilization.That was the case, at least, until the SETI Institute announced that thanks to their recent fundraising efforts, the ATA would get a new lease on life next month.

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