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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.
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Was That a Dropped Call From Aliens? Unexplained Radio Beam from Star Has Excited Scientists
A view of the surface of the planet Proxima b orbiting the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri, the closest star to our Solar System, is seen in an undated artist s impression released by the European Southern Observatory August 24, 2016. (Reuters)
Proxima Centauri is an inviting prospect for “out yonder.”
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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.
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Was That a Dropped Call From ET?
A spooky radio signal showed up after a radio telescope was aimed at the next star over from our sun.
Proxima Centauri, the closest known star to our own sun, is found in the constellation Centaurus and is not visible to the naked eye. The mysterious signal came from its direction.Credit.ESA/Hubble & NASA
Published Dec. 31, 2020Updated Jan. 3, 2021
Nobody believes it was ET phoning, but radio astronomers admit they don’t have an explanation yet for a beam of radio waves that apparently came from the direction of the star Proxima Centauri.