# The Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence in the New Millennium

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Professor Ian Morison
- Year: 2008
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Astronomy and space
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/search-extra-terrestrial-intelligence-new-millennium)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

The lecture will describe our attempts to detect the presence of other advanced civilisations, explain why we should not be too disheartened by our failure so far and how a giant radio telescope, due for completion in 2020, would give us a realistic chance of searching the whole Galaxy.

## Lectures

1. [The Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence in the New Millennium](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/search-extra-terrestrial-intelligence-new-millennium/013568e4a9b7) (YouTube)