AI · AI today, November 5, 2026
Science
AI agents take the controls of a radio telescope searching for alien life
· Aster editorial team
AI-generated imageAt the Allen Telescope Array in Northern California, the SETI Institute and Breakthrough Listen now use AI agents that point the dishes and analyze radio signals as they arrive, running on NVIDIA’s Holoscan platform. The team says tasks that used to take weeks now take hours, and it detected a pulsar in the Crab Nebula in real time.
Why it matters
People have searched for signals from other civilizations since 1960 without finding one. Agents can sift through far more data, though no one is promising results; for now, researchers still give the orders.
For the technical crowd
The system handles up to 2.4 terabits per second. Next, the team wants to test open software that runs on site, with future sensors on the Moon’s far side in mind.
· Source: The Decoder
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