Stephen Hawking backs quest to find alien lifeforms – video

Stephen Hawking on Monday helps launch an intensive search for alien life. The project, Breakthrough Listen, backed by Russian billionaire Yuri Milner, will allow telescopes to eavesdrop on planets that orbit the million stars closest to Earth and 100 nearest galaxies. 'Somewhere in the cosmos, perhaps, intelligent life may be watching these lights of ours,' says Hawking, speaking at the London launch Continue reading...