The project uses a suite of telescopes near and far aimed at the nearby Andromeda galaxy, as well as other galaxies including our own, a “pipeline” of software to process images, and a little bit of game theory.
So far, it would seem that intelligent extraterrestrial life—at least as fits our narrow definition of it—is nowhere to be found. Theories and assumptions abound as to why we have neither made contact with nor seen evidence of advanced extraterrestrial civilizations despite decades-long efforts to make our presence known and to communicate with them.