<p>On Sept. 19, 1959, the paper “Searching for Interstellar Communications” was published. Printed in the respected scientific journal Nature and written by Cornell University physicists Giuseppe Cocconi and Philip Morrison, the work established a scientific framework and legitimacy for a field that previously lacked credibility. Cocconi and Morrison examined methodologies for humans’ search for extraterrestrial<a class="more-link" href="https://www.astronomy.com/today-in-the-history-of-astronomy/sept-19-1959-a-seti-kickstart/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">"Sept. 19, 1959: A SETI kickstart"</span></a></p>
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On Sept. 19, 1959, the paper “Searching for Interstellar Communications” was published. Printed in the respected scientific journal Nature and written by Cornell University physicists Giuseppe Cocconi and Philip Morrison, the work established a scientific framework and legitimacy for a field that previously lacked credibility. Cocconi and Morrison examined methodologies for humans’ search for extraterrestrialContinue reading “Sept. 19, 1959: A SETI kickstart”
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