Breakthrough Listen: The Most Comprehensive Global SETI Search and Public Data Release 1.0

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Breakthrough Listen is a global, multi-facility search for extraterrestrial intelligence using the Green Bank Telescope, Parkes, and the Automated Planet Finder to survey thousands of targets across 700 MHz to 26 GHz, producing over 1 PB of data per day and a near real-time spectroscopy pipeline (with some targets preserving baseband data), complemented by high‑resolution optical spectra and pursuing secondary science such as fast radio bursts and pulsars, while applying machine learning to modulation classification and outlier detection, and publicly releasing Breakthrough Listen Data Release 1.0 (about 1 PB) with contributors including Matthew Lebofsky, Steve Croft, and Andrew P.V. Siemion.

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The Breakthrough Listen Search for Intelligent Life: Public Data, Formats, Reduction and Archiving

Breakthrough Listen is the most comprehensive and sensitive search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) to date, employing a collection of international observational facilities including both radio and optical telescopes. During the first three years of the Listen program, thousands of targets have been observed with the Green Bank Telescope (GBT), Parkes Telescope and Automated Planet Finder. At GBT and Parkes, observations have been performed ranging from 700 MHz to 26 GHz, with raw data volumes averaging over 1PB / day. A pseudo-real time software spectroscopy suite is used to produce multi-resolution spectrograms amounting to approximately 400 GB hr^-1 GHz^-1 beam^-1. For certain targets, raw baseband voltage data is also preserved. Observations with the Automated Planet Finder produce both 2-dimensional and 1-dimensional high resolution (R~10^5) echelle spectral data.