Signs of Life And Technology: APEX Instrument, SEPIA, Will Detect Water In The Universe (PHOTOS)

The Swedish-ESO PI receiver for APEX (SEPIA) is a new instrument attached to the 12-meter Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) telescope and it is opening doors to otherwise unexplored cosmic possibilities. SEPIA will be able to detect signals - however faint - from water molecules in the Milky Way, nearby in other galaxies and in the early universe, according to a press release from European Southern Observatory (ESO).

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