Where to Look

Ballesteros, Fernando J.

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Fernando J. Ballesteros²

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SETI scientists are convinced that, of all possible types of radiation, any signal coming to us from another galactic civilization will have the form of electromagnetic waves; therefore, the search centers exclusively on these types of radiation. Why electromagnetic waves?

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Ballesteros, F.J. (2010). Where to Look. In: E.T. Talk. Astronomers' Universe. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6089-4_5

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6089-4_5
Published: 09 July 2010
Publisher Name: Springer, New York, NY
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