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Scientists have launched an online portal to keep track of the reams of data created by the ongoing search for alien life on distant planets.

TechnoSearch is a website and online portal to help researchers access data from SETI - the project operated by NASA with the goal of finding aliens. 

Jill Tarter, a co-founder of the institute, spearheaded the project which has collated data from as far back as 1960 and continues to add the latest findings.  

The tool also allows users to submit their own searches and keep the database up to edge. 

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Dr Jill Tarter, former SETI director, said she started keeping this search archive when she was a graduate student

Dr Jill Tarter, former SETI director, said: 'I started keeping this search archive when I was a graduate student. 

'Some of the original papers were presented at conferences, or appear in obscure journals that are difficult for newcomers to the SETI field to access.

'I'm delighted that we now have a tool that can be used by the entire community and a methodology for keeping it current.' 

Dr tarter retired from hunting aliens full-time some years ago but her influence at SETI remains large. 

She inspired the character of Ellie Arroway, the fictional character in Carl Sagan's 1985 science-fiction novel 'Contact' which was made into a film in 1997.  

The lead role was played by Jodie Foster. 

TechnoSearch is designed to be a centrepiece for the vast amounts of searches and data collected by SETI. 

Andrew Garcia a SETI student who worked with Dr Tarter on the project, said: 'I started helping Dr. Tarter with this project as a research opportunity during the summer. 

'I've become convinced that TechnoSearch will become an important instrument for astronomers and amateurs interested in exploring the cosmos for indications of other technological civilisations. 

TechnoSearch is designed to be a centrepiece for the vast amounts of searches and data collected by SETI  

'We can't know where to look for evidence tomorrow if we don't know where we have already looked. 

'TechnoSearch will help us chronicle where and how we've looked at the sky.'

TechnoSearch tracks information including: Title of the search paper, name(s) of observers, search date, objects observed and which facility carried out the research. 

WHAT ARE THE KEY DISCOVERIES HUMANITY HAS MADE IN ITS SEARCH FOR ALIEN LIFE?

Discovery of pulsars

British astronomer Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell was the first person to discover a pulsar in 1967 when she spotted a radio pulsar.

Since then other types of pulsars that emit x-rays and gamma rays have also been spotted.

Pulsars are essentially rotating, highly magnatised neutron stars but when they were first discovered it was believed they could come from aliens.

'Wow!' radio signal

In 1977, an astronomer looking for alien life in the nigh sky above Ohio spotted a powerful radio signal so strong that he excitedly wrote 'Wow!' next to his data.

In 1977, an astronomer looking for alien life in the nigh sky above Ohio spotted a powerful radio signal so strong that he excitedly wrote 'Wow!' next to his data

The 72-second blast, spotted by Dr Jerry Ehman through a radio telescope, came from Sagittarius but matched no known celestial object.

Conspiracy theorists have since claimed that the 'Wow! signal', which was 30 times stronger than background radiation, was a message from intelligent extraterrestrials.

Fossilised martian microbes

In 1996 Nasa and the White House made the explosive announcement that the rock contained traces of Martian bugs.

The meteorite, catalogued as Allen Hills (ALH) 84001, crashed onto the frozen wastes of Antarctica 13,000 years ago and was recovered in 1984. 

Photographs were released showing elongated segmented objects that appeared strikingly lifelike.

Photographs were released showing elongated segmented objects that appeared strikingly lifelike (pictured)

However, the excitement did not last long. Other scientists questioned whether the meteorite samples were contaminated. 

They also argued that heat generated when the rock was blasted into space may have created mineral structures that could be mistaken for microfossils. 

Behaviour of Tabby's Star in 2005 

The star, otherwise known as KIC 8462852, is located 1,400 light years away and has baffled astonomers since being discovered in 2015.

It dims at a much faster rate than other stars, which some experts have suggested is a sign of aliens harnessing the energy of a star.

The star, otherwise known as KIC 8462852, is located 1,400 light years away and has baffled astonomers since being discovered in 2015 (artist's impression)

Recent studies have 'eliminated the possibility of an alien megastructure', and instead, suggests that a ring of dust could be causing the strange signals.

Exoplanets in the Goldilocks zone in 2015 

In February this year astronomers announced they had spotted a star system with planets that could support life just 39 light years away.

Seven Earth-like planets were discovered orbiting nearby dwarf star 'Trappist-1', and all of them could have water at their surface, one of the key components of life.

Three of the planets have such good conditions, that scientists say life may have already evolved on them. 

Researchers claim that they will know whether or not there is life on any of the planets within a decade, and said 'this is just the beginning.' 

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