Proxima Centauri and the space signal: Was that a dropped call from ET?
1 Jan, 2021 01:19 AM
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Alpha and Beta Centauri, photographed from Atacama Lodge, Chile. Proxima Centauri - the closest known star to the sun - is part of Alpha Centauri. Photo / Getty Images
Alpha and Beta Centauri, photographed from Atacama Lodge, Chile. Proxima Centauri - the closest known star to the sun - is part of Alpha Centauri. Photo / Getty Images
New York Times
By: Dennis Overbye
Nobody believes it was ET phoning, but radio astronomers admit they do not have an explanation yet for a beam of radio waves that apparently came from the direction of the star Proxima Centauri.