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Famous physicist Stephen Hawking has joined Russian billionare Yuri Milner to launch a major new effort in the scientific search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI). They held a press conference in London to announce injecting $100 million for a new project they call Breakthrough Listen.
SETI pioneer Frank Drake is another notable figure joining Break through Listen. SETI efforts rely on private funding, and this new project aims to boost the radioastronomy search activity to unprecedented levels.