We are going from looking at a few stars a night to an all-sky survey where over a year we will search the entire northern hemisphere.

We have no idea if there really are aliens. The next question would be, If there are aliens, can we detect it? The answer is yes. With this telescope we now have a much better chance.

Pulse lasers allow the sending of very bright light very far, very quickly.

Sending laser signals across the cosmos would be a very logical way for ET to reach out, but until now, we have been ill-equipped to receive any such signal.

The opening of this telescope represents one of those rare moments in a field of scientific endeavor when a great leap forward is enabled.

This is a welcome development.