The SETI Institute and Saudi Arabia’s Royal Commission for AlUla have activated the first two LaserSETI stations in Asia, expanding global efforts to detect unusual optical signals from space.
The SETI Institute, together with the Royal Commission for the Province of Al-Ula (RCU), launched the first Asian LaserSETI stations. Sets installed on 19 August 2026 at the Al-Ula Manar Observatory in north-west Saudi Arabia, operate on a continuous basis. Together with four American locations in California, Hawaii, Arizona and Puerto Rico, the network ... The post in Saudi Arabia launched the first Asian laser search stations for extraterrestr…