Astronomers in Alconbury are searching for alien life. - Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Astronomers at Alconbury plan to listen for noise made by "alien factories" using the first UK telescope dedicated to the search for extra-terrestrials. The EAAROCIBO project – launched by a group of scientists and businessmen, aims to ditch the traditional method of searching for ET that has so far failed to detect interstellar radio transmissions. Unlike traditional searches, EAAROCIBO’s ground-based telescope will focus on a particular patch of space with the largest number of stars, a concept similar to that used by the orbiting Kepler Telescope in its search for extra-solar planets.