Question
This research initiative includes the SERENDIP project, which obtains data by “piggybacking” off of whatever observation plan is already running. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this research initiative that is known by a four-letter acronym. The lack of evidence obtained by this initiative is known as the Fermi paradox.
ANSWER: SETI [or search for extraterrestrial intelligence; prompt on search for extraterrestrial life; prompt on descriptions of looking for alien life]
[10h] While some SETI projects have observed at so-called “magic frequencies,” most SETI searches have focused on this spectral band between the 21-centimeter line and an 18-centimeter line corresponding to radiation from interstellar hydroxyl radicals.
ANSWER: water hole
[10m] This experimental technique has not been used by any major SETI project, despite its ability to screen out terrestrial interference. This technique constructs a visibility function by correlating the observations from multiple radio telescopes that are kilometers apart.
ANSWER: VLBI [or very-long-baseline interferometry; prompt on interferometry]
<ES, Other Science (Astronomy)>
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| Les Missourables | NJTRANSit (and anwen, I guess) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
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| I’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open) | The Dyatlov Passement incident | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| The Jeam Team | when you look this good, you don’t have to know anything | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| AMOGH QUIZ HACK? 英雄联盟 400 PPG 24 TUH | There are buzzable clues everywhere for those with eyes to see | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
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| Charlotte's Moderately Successful Team | Lisan al-Quib | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
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