The UC Berkeley SETI Program, SERENDIP (Search for Extraterrestrial Radio Emissions from Nearby Developed Intelligent Populations) is an ongoing scientific research effort aimed at detecting radio signals from extraterrestrial civilizations. The project is the world's only "piggyback" SETI system, operating alongside simultaneously conducted conventional radio astronomy observations. SERENDIP is currently piggybacking on the 1,000-foot dish at Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, the largest radio telescope in the world. The hardware built to collect data for the SERENDIP project also collects data for SETI@home. SERENDIP is dedicated to providing an answer to the age-old question "Are we alone?"
This page is currently undergoing major reconstruction - we are working on
updating the information and adding dynamic features. In the meantime, you
can find out more about SERENDIP by reading a recent
interview with chief scientist
Dan Werthimer,
or by reading the article:
Project SERENDIP:
Searching for Life in the Cosmos.
Or you can still see the old version of this page by following this link:
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