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Radio signal from Proxima Centauri looks like it could be the real deal.
Posted on 12/21/20 at 3:40 pm
Posted on 12/21/20 at 3:40 pm
The truth is out there.
https://www.realclearscience.com/articles/2020/12/21/radio_signal_detected_from_proxima_centauri_a_serious_candidate_for_alien_communication_653889.html
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Astronomers hunting for radio signals from alien civilizations have detected an "intriguing signal" from the direction of Proxima Centauri, the nearest star system to the sun, The Guardian reported.
The researchers are still preparing a paper on the discovery, and the data has not been made public, according to The Guardian. But the signal is reportedly a narrow beam of 980 MHz radio waves detected in April and May 2019 at the Parkes telescope in Australia. The Parkes telescope is part of the $100 million Breakthrough Listen project to hunt for radio signals from technological sources beyond the solar system. The 980 MHz signal appeared once and was never detected again. That frequency is important because, as Scientific American points out, that band of radio waves is typically lacking signals from human-made craft and satellites.
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Even more tantalizing: The signal reportedly shifted slightly while it was being observed, in a way that resembled the shift caused by the movement of a planet. Proxima Centauri has one known rocky world 17% larger than Earth, and one known gas giant.
https://www.realclearscience.com/articles/2020/12/21/radio_signal_detected_from_proxima_centauri_a_serious_candidate_for_alien_communication_653889.html
This post was edited on 12/21/20 at 3:41 pm
Posted on 12/21/20 at 3:43 pm to Slippy
Sweet. Guardians better strap on their boots and get their phasers ready.
Posted on 12/21/20 at 3:43 pm to Slippy
980 MHz on your dial, the Mighty Nine Eighty!
Marvin the Martian here with your traffic and weather
Marvin the Martian here with your traffic and weather
Posted on 12/21/20 at 3:43 pm to Slippy
Trillions of stars and they’re right next door? What a small universe.
Posted on 12/21/20 at 3:44 pm to chinhoyang
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Yoga Girl was right.
Whatever happened to her?
Posted on 12/21/20 at 3:46 pm to SouthEndzoneTiger
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Whatever happened to her?
Alien abduction.
Posted on 12/21/20 at 3:49 pm to Slippy
So some dudes on that planet put out a signal like 4 billion years ago. We will send one back, and in 4 billion years they will get it.
Posted on 12/21/20 at 3:51 pm to BlackAdam
quote:Maybe they sent it via USPS?
So some dudes on that planet put out a signal like 4 billion years ago. We will send one back, and in 4 billion years they will get it.
Posted on 12/21/20 at 3:52 pm to BlackAdam
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So some dudes on that planet put out a signal like 4 billion years ago. We will send one back, and in 4 billion years they will get it.
Proxima Centauri is only 4 light years from us.
Posted on 12/21/20 at 3:53 pm to Slippy
2020: Worst year ever
2021: Hold my beer
2021: Hold my beer
Posted on 12/21/20 at 3:54 pm to Slippy
Radio signal? I’d expect an advanced race to at least have a MP3 player!
Posted on 12/21/20 at 3:54 pm to Slippy
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The Parkes telescope is part of the $100 million Breakthrough Listen project to hunt for radio signals from technological sources beyond the solar system
Their funding must be about to run out so they figured they better bogus up something quick so they could keep the doors open.
Posted on 12/21/20 at 3:54 pm to Waldorf
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Whatever happened to her?
Alien abduction.
anally probed, no doubt.
Posted on 12/21/20 at 3:57 pm to Slippy
I recently read The Three Body Problem and this scares me
Posted on 12/21/20 at 3:58 pm to YumYum Sauce
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I recently read The Three Body Problem and this scares me
If that's the case, we better not reply.
Posted on 12/21/20 at 3:59 pm to Slippy
Proxima Centauri females are about to get slammed with dick pics from basement dwelling neckbeards on that channel
Posted on 12/21/20 at 4:04 pm to Slippy
Seems odd that we wouldn't have heard something that close until now. We've been listening for decades now.
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