Hakan Kayal is a professor of space technology at the University of Würzburg. He believes that a new race to the moon has long been underway. He sees a great opportunity in one aspect in particular.
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IFEX – Interdisciplinary Research Center for Extraterrestrial Studies
IFEX is the Interdisciplinary Research Center For EXtraterrestrial Studies of the University of Würzburg, Germany.
The center is dedicated to developing and promoting interdisciplinary aspects of the extraterrestrial studies by means of basic research, development and participation in scientific-technical application projects, as well as in terms of the creation of appropriate training programs.
In addition, IFEX focuses on extraterrestrial research projects in the context of science and technology and their innovative application on Earth and in space.
The work area includes
- the exploration of space, objects in our solar system, stars, galaxies, and the universe as a whole,
- the search for signs of life,
- the search for extraterrestrial intelligence,
as well as
- the promotion and coordination of subject-specific and, in particular, interdisciplinary cooperations and
- dissemination of extraterrestrial studies.
News and dates
In this paper a new way of searching for extraterrestrial intelligence is proposed by using a unique combination of
a new search strategy and modern technologies such as machine learning, which is called “HYPER-SETI”.
moreOn the Moon there are so called TLP several times per week. Those TLP are short flashes on the moon´s surface. There has been few research done on these phenomenons so a new telescope was deleloped and set up in Spain by Professor Kayal and his team.
moreInterview with Professor Kayal about SETI
03/15/2019Professor Kayal had an interview with BR about SETI. You can find the link to the interview below
moreWorkshop: Are we alone in the universe?
06/08/2018
Search methods and consequences of first contact with extraterrestrial intelligences
moreIAC, Adelaide, Australia
10/12/2017
Preliminary result of a study on OSETI was presented in Australia.
moreIFEX was founded
09/27/2016
IFEX was established with the approval of the IFEX Statutes of the University of Würzburg at its meeting on 27.09.2016.
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