In February 2017, Seth Shostak, senior astronomer for the SETI Institute, noted: "...the SETI Institute used its Allen Telescope Array to observe the environs of TRAPPIST-1, scanning through 10 billion radio channels in search of signals.
En febreiro do 2017, Seth Shostak, astrónomo veterano do Instituto SETI, sinalou: "... o Instituto SETI utilizou o seu Allen Telescope Array (no 2016) para observar as inmediacións de TRAPPIST-1, explorando a través de 10.000 millóns de canles de radio en busca de sinais.