Breakthrough Listen

initiative to search for intelligent extraterrestrial life
Intangible project Q20706262
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Breakthrough Listen

Summary

Breakthrough Listen is a project[1]. It draws 114 Wikipedia views per month (project category, ranking #47 of 319).[2]

Key Facts

  • Breakthrough Listen's field of work was search for extra-terrestrial intelligence[3].
  • Breakthrough Listen's instance of is recorded as project[4].
  • Breakthrough Listen's instance of is recorded as science project[5].
  • Breakthrough Listen's founder is recorded as Yuri Milner[6].
  • Breakthrough Listen's location is recorded as Green Bank Telescope[7].
  • Breakthrough Listen's location is recorded as Parkes Observatory[8].
  • Breakthrough Listen's part of is recorded as search for extra-terrestrial intelligence[9].
  • Breakthrough Listen's part of is recorded as Breakthrough Initiatives[10].
  • Breakthrough Listen's sponsor is recorded as Yuri Milner[11].
  • Breakthrough Listen's director / manager is recorded as Frank Drake[12].
  • Breakthrough Listen's director / manager is recorded as Pete Worden[13].
  • Breakthrough Listen's director / manager is recorded as Dan Werthimer[14].
  • Breakthrough Listen's director / manager is recorded as Andrew Siemion[15].
  • Breakthrough Listen's director / manager is recorded as Martin Rees[16].
  • Breakthrough Listen's director / manager is recorded as Ann Druyan[17].
  • Breakthrough Listen's price is recorded as {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+100000000'}[18].
  • Breakthrough Listen's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11bwcmt5j7[19].
  • Breakthrough Listen's Quora topic ID is recorded as Breakthrough-Listen[20].
  • Breakthrough Listen's announcement date is recorded as +2015-07-20T00:00:00Z[21].

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Career and Affiliations

Breakthrough Listen's field of work was search for extra-terrestrial intelligence[3].

Why It Matters

Breakthrough Listen draws 114 Wikipedia views per month (project category, ranking #47 of 319).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

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  18. [20] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Breakthrough Listen. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/breakthrough-listen
MLA “Breakthrough Listen.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/breakthrough-listen.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_breakthrough-listen_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Breakthrough Listen}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/breakthrough-listen}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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