Breakthrough Listen Releases Nearly 2 Petabytes of Milky Way Plane and Center Survey Data, Inviting Public Search for Technosignatures

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An international SETI effort released a massive, publicly accessible dataset from Parkes, Green Bank, and Lick Observatory spanning 1–12 GHz to search for signs of intelligent civilizations in the Milky Way, added a new Earth‑transit‑zone study led by Sofia Sheikh that found no technosignatures but tightened detection limits, and plans to expand with VLA capabilities while scientists including Andrew Siemion, Yuri Milner, Matt Lebofsky, and Jason Wright push ongoing analyses to improve sensitivity and coverage.