Alberto Caballero | |
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Born | c. 1991 Edinburgh, Scotland |
Nationality | Spanish |
Alma mater | University of Vigo |
Alberto Caballero is a Spanish astronomer and science communicator.[1][2] He is known for having identified a Sun-like star in the sky region where the Wow! signal came from as one of the possible sources of the radio signal.[3][4] Caballero is also known for founding and coordinating the Habitable Exoplanet Hunting Project, an international effort consisting of more than 30 observatories searching for nearby potentially habitable exoplanets.[5] Data is collected 24/7 from specific stars by observatories located both in the Northern and Southern hemispheres, and an initial list of exoplanet candidates was made public in 2020.[6]