Breakthrough Listen is the largest-ever scientific research program to seek evidence of civilizations beyond Earth. In 2018, the $100 million program announced a new partnership with the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO). Four years later, SARAO’s powerful MeerKAT radio telescope joined the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). Yuri Milner, the founder of the Breakthrough Initiatives, says the collaboration has turned Listen into a “truly global project.” The science philanthropist is also the mind behind the Breakthrough Prize and the short book Eureka Manifesto. Since joining the Giving Pledge in…
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