The truth is out there — and researchers at University of California, Berkeley are determined to find it with a new method announced in a scientific journal Tuesday for finding possible extraterrestrial life through radio signals from space.

The home page of UC Berkeley’s Breakthrough Listen project website. Researchers have developed a new technique that verifies the authenticity of radio signals being tracked from space, making it easier to filter out false positives. (Source: seti.berkeley.edu/listen/)

Scientists have long searched for life on other planets through radio signals, but interference from terrestrial radios, cellphones, microwaves and other technologies often lead to false alarms. The new technique, developed by scientists at UC Berkeley’s Breakthrough Listen project, verifies that the radio signal they are tracking has actually passed through space, making it easier to filter out false positives.

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Spencer Otte recently graduated from Cal Sate Fullerton, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism. At Fullerton, he was the news editor and editor-in-chief of The Daily Titan and covered the 2022 midterm elections, the 2021 Orange County Oil Spill and President Biden’s visit to Irvine. This summer, Spencer was selected to be an editing intern through the Dow Jones News Fund.