Cosmic questions abound in Green Bank, West Virginia, home to the world's most sensitive radio telescope and the only U.S. town where cell phones and Wi-Fi are banned. In this uniquely radio-quiet environment, scientists use the telescope to search for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence, as government budget cuts threaten to shut the telescope down. Interweaving the narratives of several town residents who live within the telescope's orbit, Small Town Universe is a tender and intimate story of connection and loss, at a moment of existential crisis.
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