Jill Tarter, Director of the Center for SETI Research, shows a model of the Allen Telescope Array at the SETI Institute in Mountain View, Calif. The Allen Telescope Array is a powerful tool in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, an effort scientists refer to as SETI.

First published in the August 31, 2011, 8:39 p.m. edition

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