{
  "id": 18184696,
  "title": "Game Theory Helps SETI Search for Alien Civilizations",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/game-theory-helps-seti-search-for-alien-civilizations",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-04T20:50:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Universe Today",
    "slug": "universe-today",
    "url": "https://www.universetoday.com/articles/game-theory-helps-seti-search-for-alien-civilizations"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "SETI can be more effective the more the targets in the search are refined. SETI's newest survey effort uses game theory to inform its search. It's based on the idea that other ETIs would almost certainly use the transit method to detect habitable worlds like Earth.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}