Scientists hunting for aliens investigate radio beam from nearby star closest to sun
A tantalising signal from the direction of Proxima Centauri was picked up by the Parkes telescope in Australia in April and May of last year, and analysis into possible extraterrestrial life has been underway ever since
13:52, 18 DEC 2020
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The sequence of radio waves were detected by the Parkes telescope in Australia in both April and May last year - with one official describing as the first serious candidate for contact by extra terrestrials since 1977 s legendary Wow! signal . Despite extensive analysis, scientists are yet to identify a terrestrial source for the signal - for example, ground-based equipment, or a satellite.
18December 2020
Scientists are investigating an intriguing radio wave emission from a nearby star for alien life.
The narrow beam of radio waves is being examined by astronomers on the Breakthrough Listen project (a project in search for evidence of life in space). The ‘signal’ was picked up during 30 hours of observations by the Parkes telescope in Australia between April and May last year. It appears to have come from Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the sun.
While similar blasts of radio waves have been attributed to human-made interferences, like satellites, the nature of the recent ‘signal’ has proven to be consistent with the movement of a planet, prompting scientists to look further.
A mysterious radio signal from our nearest stellar neighbour, Proxima Centauri, is being carefully investigated by a team of alien-hunting astronomers.
Researchers from the Breakthrough Listen Project – a £70m initiative to find alien life through radio telescopes – have been studying the radio waves since April 2019.
Proxima Centauri is 4.2 light years from Earth and has two confirmed planets, a Jupiter-like gas giant and a rocky world called Proxima b in the habitable zone.
The signal was spotted by the Parkes radio telescope in Australia in April or May 2020, according to a report in The Guardian, and, unlike previous radio bursts hasn t been attributed to any Earth-based or near-Earth human-created source.
Alien-Hunting Scientists Looking Into Intriguing Beam From Nearest-Known Star to Sun
https://sputniknews.com/science/202012181081503889-alien-hunting-scientists-looking-into-intriguing-beam-from-nearest-known-star-to-sun/
It is common for astronomers to pick up strange radio blasts from outer space, but the majority have so far been explained in scientific terms – human interference from Earth or natural cataclysms. However, nothing of this kind has yet been said about one of the latest narrow beams, intercepted in spring 2019.
Astronomers are now looking into a tantalising radio wave emission that is understood to have come from the vicinity of Proxima Centauri, a red dwarf star that is only 4.2 light years from the Sun, and could potentially offer a long-sought answer to the extra-terrestrial life question. A paper, expected to arrive soon, will detail a beam named BLC1, in a nod to Breakthrough Listen – a project tasked with looking for traces or other evidence of life in s