Podcast: Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence

In this first episode of an all-new, sparkly format for Radio Astronomy, the BBC Sky at Night Magazine team look at our favourite bits from the April 2018 issue and speak to Dr Alan Penny, vice-president of METI International.

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Iain Todd

Published: April 4, 2018 at 11:00 am

In this first episode of an all-new, sparkly format for Radio Astronomy, the BBC Sky at Night Magazine team look at our favourite bits from the April 2018 issue and speak to Dr Alan Penny, vice-president of METI International.

Iain Todd

Science journalist

Iain Todd is BBC Sky at Night Magazine's Content Editor who has been writing about astronomy and space science for over a decade. He has covered major stargazing events, space launches and the latest news in cosmology, astrophysics, planetary and space science.

In the Orion Nebula, dust grains might have life-like properties. Image Credit: NASACredit: NASA