--- title: Things That Go Beep in the Night: Agentic AI Joins the... description: The SETI Institute and Breakthrough Listen have added agentic AI to the Allen Telescope Array, letting agents steer the telescope, clean incoming data and run... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/things-that-go-beep-in-the-night-agentic-ai-joins-the-search-for-extraterrestrial-signals-otapebzfx twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Things That Go Beep in the Night: Agentic AI Joins the Search for Extraterrestrial Signals | daily.dev og:description: The SETI Institute and Breakthrough Listen have added agentic AI to the Allen Telescope Array, letting agents steer the telescope, clean incoming data and run... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/things-that-go-beep-in-the-night-agentic-ai-joins-the-search-for-extraterrestrial-signals-otapebzfx og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/oTAPEbZFx.png og:image:alt: Things That Go Beep in the Night: Agentic AI Joins the Search for Extraterrestrial Signals og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Things That Go Beep in the Night: Agentic AI Joins the Search for Extraterrestrial Signals **[NVIDIA](https://daily.dev/sources/nvidia)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The SETI Institute and Breakthrough Listen have added agentic AI to the Allen Telescope Array, letting agents steer the telescope, clean incoming data and run AI models from a single natural language prompt. The NVIDIA Holoscan platform and its DAQIRI library pull sensor data straight into GPU memory for in-flight processing, while CyberEther handles signal processing with CUDA-X libraries cuFFT and cuBLAS. The system processes 2.4 terabits per second on NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPUs with on-premises inference. It has already achieved the first real-time AI detection of a pulsar in the Crab Nebula, and the team is evaluating open models including NVIDIA Nemotron for cases where data locality and turnaround matter most. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How fast can the Allen Telescope Array's new AI system process data? It processes up to 2.4 terabits per second, running on NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPUs with inference performed on premises next to the instrument. This throughput comes from DAQIRI, a library on the NVIDIA Holoscan platform, which pulls sensor data straight into GPU memory so observations are processed in flight instead of being written to disk first. _daily.dev surfaces how teams push GPU pipelines to handle extreme real-time data throughput._ ### What is the NVIDIA Holoscan platform used for in the SETI search for extraterrestrial signals? It processes the massive sensor data streams from the Allen Telescope Array so AI agents can act on live data. Its DAQIRI library ingests terabits per second directly into GPU memory, while CyberEther, a SETI Institute signal-processing framework, performs calculations using CUDA-X libraries cuFFT and cuBLAS, and Nexus serves as the web-based agent harness coordinating instrument state and pipelines. _Developers evaluating real-time GPU data platforms follow applied Holoscan use cases on daily.dev._ ### Has AI achieved any confirmed astronomical discoveries using the Allen Telescope Array? Yes, the new agentic AI pipeline achieved the first real-time AI detection of a pulsar, a rapidly spinning stellar remnant, in the Crab Nebula. This was accomplished using the agent-driven observation system built on NVIDIA Holoscan, CyberEther and the Nexus orchestrator at the Allen Telescope Array. _Engineers tracking real-world agentic AI milestones follow applied AI breakthroughs on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [AI galaxy hunters are adding to the global GPU crunch](https://daily.dev/posts/ai-galaxy-hunters-are-adding-to-the-global-gpu-crunch-dmvomtzuw) · TechCrunch · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Making Sense of the Early Universe](https://daily.dev/posts/making-sense-of-the-early-universe-5hf6muhe8) · NVIDIA · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Thermodynamic Computing Slashes AI Image Energy Use](https://daily.dev/posts/thermodynamic-computing-slashes-ai-image-energy-use-phikdpyia) · IEEE Spectrum · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#nvidia](https://daily.dev/tags/nvidia), [#gpu](https://daily.dev/tags/gpu), [#agentic-ai](https://daily.dev/tags/agentic-ai), [#signal-processing](https://daily.dev/tags/signal-processing) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/things-that-go-beep-in-the-night-agentic-ai-joins-the-search-for-extraterrestrial-signals-otapebzfx) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Things That Go Beep in the Night: Agentic AI Joins the Search for Extraterrestrial Signals","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/things-that-go-beep-in-the-night-agentic-ai-joins-the-search-for-extraterrestrial-signals-otapebzfx","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/things-that-go-beep-in-the-night-agentic-ai-joins-the-search-for-extraterrestrial-signals-otapebzfx"},"datePublished":"2026-10-30T18:43:22.300Z","dateModified":"2026-10-30T18:43:50.137Z","description":"The SETI Institute and Breakthrough Listen have added agentic AI to the Allen Telescope Array, letting agents steer the telescope, clean incoming data and run...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/d29d66a2dec2d7334477fd0c9fe2cf9d?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/d29d66a2dec2d7334477fd0c9fe2cf9d?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"NVIDIA","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"NVIDIA","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/236a5c1f410e450b8d696cf3a4bbe374","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/nvidia"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/things-that-go-beep-in-the-night-agentic-ai-joins-the-search-for-extraterrestrial-signals-otapebzfx","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"nvidia,gpu,agentic-ai,signal-processing","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"NVIDIA","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/nvidia"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Things That Go Beep in the Night: Agentic AI Joins the Search for Extraterrestrial Signals"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/things-that-go-beep-in-the-night-agentic-ai-joins-the-search-for-extraterrestrial-signals-otapebzfx#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"How fast can the Allen Telescope Array's new AI system process data?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"It processes up to 2.4 terabits per second, running on NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPUs with inference performed on premises next to the instrument. 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