The head of a  $100m new search for intelligent alien life using two of the world's most powerful telescopes has revealed the projects chances of success. Speaking to Dailymail.com, Pete Worden, the ex-head of Nasa's Ames Research Center, said the team behind the project, which includes Professor Stephen Hawking and Professor Lord Rees, Astronomer Royal, made the calculation 'as we were waiting for the press conference announcing this to start'. Scientists taking part in the $100 million (£64 million) initiative will also scan the very centre of our galaxy along with 100 of the closest galaxies for low power radio transmissions.Breakthrough Initiative will scour one million of the closest stars to EarthIt will use two powerful radio telescopes to listen for alien transmissionsA third telescope will search for faint laser signals from other worldsThe project will cover 10 times more sky and be 50 times more sensitive than previous attempts to search for intelligent extraterrestrial life
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