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Mystery Radio Signal Intrigues Astronomers
LONDON (Sept. 2) - An unexplained radio signal from deep space could -- just might be -- contact from an alien civilization, New Scientist magazine reported on Thursday.
The signal, coming from a point between the Pisces and Aries constellations, has been picked up three times by a telescope in Puerto Rico.
New Scientist said the signal could be generated by a previously unknown astronomical phenomenon or even be a by-product from the telescope itself.
But the mystery beam has excited astronomers across the world.
"If they can see it four, five or six times it really begins to get exciting," Jocelyn Bell Burnell of the University of Bath in western England told the magazine.
It was broadcast on the main frequency at which the universe's most common element, hydrogen, absorbs and emits energy, and which astronomers say is the most likely means by which aliens would advertise their presence.
The potentially extraterrestrial signals were picked up through the SETI+home project, which uses programs running as screensavers on millions of personal computers worldwide to sift through the huge amount of data picked up by the telescope.
Taken from AOL news.
Mystery Radio Signal Intrigues Astronomers
LONDON (Sept. 2) - An unexplained radio signal from deep space could -- just might be -- contact from an alien civilization, New Scientist magazine reported on Thursday.
The signal, coming from a point between the Pisces and Aries constellations, has been picked up three times by a telescope in Puerto Rico.
New Scientist said the signal could be generated by a previously unknown astronomical phenomenon or even be a by-product from the telescope itself.
But the mystery beam has excited astronomers across the world.
"If they can see it four, five or six times it really begins to get exciting," Jocelyn Bell Burnell of the University of Bath in western England told the magazine.
It was broadcast on the main frequency at which the universe's most common element, hydrogen, absorbs and emits energy, and which astronomers say is the most likely means by which aliens would advertise their presence.
The potentially extraterrestrial signals were picked up through the SETI+home project, which uses programs running as screensavers on millions of personal computers worldwide to sift through the huge amount of data picked up by the telescope.
Taken from AOL news.
Comments
Wow...if this is for real...this will most likely be one of the greatest finds in scientific history. In fact this type of event would be EXACTLY what NASA needs to help jumpstart the agency from its current slumber.
[SIZE=4]HOLY SHIT[/SIZE] :eek:
Astronomers deny ET signal report
Astronomers have moved swiftly to quell speculation they may have received a deep-space radio signal
It's all hype and noise
We have nothing that is unusual. It's all out of proportion.
It's not much of anything at all. We're not investigating it further.
At the moment, we have no candidates that we are particularly excited about
It's all hype. We don't have anything we are excited about.
we have no candidates that we are particularly excited about and the new 'signal' is not a priority.
it is not surprising that a signal like this occurs purely due to chance.
not new and definitely not a signal
With that much denial in one news report, you know it has to be a cover-up :).[/B][/QUOTE]:D
:rolleyes:
IT would be funny is it was Porn or Spam...
Well.. That would certainly open some new interests for me.
Just hope they're even remotely humanoid.
Worf
[B]Maybe it's Hitlers first Television transmission...
:rolleyes: [/B][/QUOTE]
Does this mean that its going to lead to some sort of intergalactic subway system where a female scientist and several of her colleagues will journey to Vega and beyond to explore a waystation left by an unknown ancient civilization? Or, am i just thinking of a book?
hmmm, who can say...
[B]Does this mean that its going to lead to some sort of intergalactic subway system where a female scientist and several of her colleagues will journey to Vega and beyond to explore a waystation left by an unknown ancient civilization? Or, am i just thinking of a book?
hmmm, who can say... [/B][/QUOTE]
That movie/book was definately the inspiration for my reply.... :p
[SIZE=4]L.....O..........L[/SIZE]