<div dir="ltr"><h1 style="font-size:16pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></h1><h1 style="font-size:16pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><figure class="gmail-media-landscape gmail-has-caption gmail-full-width gmail-lead" style="border:0px;color:rgb(64,64,64);font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-family:Helmet,Freesans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgb(17,17,17);clear:both"><span class="gmail-image-and-copyright-container" style="border:0px;color:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-weight:inherit;letter-spacing:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;display:block"><img class="gmail-js-image-replace" alt="&#39;Oumuamua" src="https://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/130A3/production/_99178977_mediaitem99178976.jpg" width="976" height="549" style="border: 0px; color: rgb(189, 189, 189); font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; height: auto; max-width: 100%; user-select: none; width: 645.771px; display: block;"><span class="gmail-off-screen" style="color:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-weight:inherit;letter-spacing:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;vertical-align:baseline;overflow:hidden;border:0px;padding:0px;height:1px;width:1px">Image copyright</span><span class="gmail-story-image-copyright" style="border:0px;color:rgb(236,236,236);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:inherit;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.33333;margin:0px;padding:3px 8px 1px;vertical-align:baseline;text-transform:uppercase;background:rgba(0,0,0,0.6)">ESO</span></span><figcaption class="gmail-media-caption" style="border:0px;color:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-weight:inherit;letter-spacing:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:16px;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="gmail-off-screen" style="color:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-weight:inherit;letter-spacing:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;vertical-align:baseline;overflow:hidden;border:0px;padding:0px;height:1px;width:1px">Image caption</span><span class="gmail-media-caption__text" style="border:0px;color:rgb(236,236,236);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:0.8125rem;font-weight:inherit;letter-spacing:inherit;line-height:1.23077;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;display:block">Artwork: Observations of &#39;Oumuamua noted its unusual elongated shape</span></figcaption></figure><p class="gmail-story-body__introduction" style="border:0px;color:rgb(64,64,64);font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-family:Helmet,Freesans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.375;margin:28px 0px 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">A project searching for intelligent life in the cosmos is going to check </p></h1><h1 style="font-size:16pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Interstellar asteroid checked for alien technology</h1><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium">A project searching for intelligent life in the cosmos is going to check the first known interstellar asteroid for signs of alien technology.</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium">The odd-shaped object was detected as it sped towards the Sun on 19 October.</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium">Its properties suggested it originated around another star, making it the first such body to be spotted in our cosmic neighbourhood.</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium">An initiative backed by billionaire Yuri Milner will use a radio telescope to listen for signals from it.</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium">The team&#39;s efforts will begin on Wednesday, with astronomers observing the asteroid, which is currently speeding away from our Solar System, across four different radio frequency bands.</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium">The first set of observations at the Robert C Byrd Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia is due to last for 10 hours.</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,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