Boffins hunt for ET's headlights

Boffins hunt for ET's headlights | Science & nature | The Australian

I love that headline ... :)

They saved a lot of money on this project by grinding the mirror for the telescope, to a spherical radius, instead of parabolic. It isn't for taking photos, so the results don't have to be perfect. They're just looking for flashes of light, and a close approximation to the location.