"SETI Institute's Innovative Ellipsoid Technique for Alien Signal Detection"

Researchers from the SETI Institute, Berkeley SETI Research Center, and the University of Washington have developed the SETI Ellipsoid technique, which uses observations from the TESS mission to identify potential signals from advanced civilizations in the cosmos. This method leverages continuous, wide-field sky surveys to enhance the detection of potential signals and compensates for uncertainties in the estimated time-of-arrival of such signals. The study identified 32 prime targets within the SETI Ellipsoid in the southern TESS continuous viewing zone, demonstrating the feasibility of cross-matching distance measurements with time-domain surveys like TESS to enhance monitoring and anomaly detection capabilities in SETI research.