The Hubble Space Telescope, which has been in orbit around Earth for over 27 years | Image: NASA
If E.T really is out there, a space telescope is our best bet of seeing where they live.. Space based telescopes are used to observe distant planets, galaxies and other astronomical objects billions of light-years away and to observe the surface of our own Earth or even other planets. This zone will contain engineers working in different engineering roles with various telescopes pointing up or down, including the new James Webb Space Telescope, which will be able to look back over 13.5 billion years to see the first stars and galaxies forming.