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Radio signal is the best possible evidence for extraterrestrial life The Breakthrough Listen team has been scanning skies for technosignatures – indicators of technology developed by advanced alien civilizations. Prior to their discovery, the team’s effort had been fruitless, as many promising detections turned out to be man-made. But one signal, labeled Breakthrough Listen Candidate 1 (BLC1), stood out among the several radio signals the researchers picked up while examining data taken...

January 6, 2021 A new study from Northwestern University shows that solar flares – space weather – might not always be as dangerous for life on exoplanets as typically thought. In fact, it might even help astronomers discover alien life on distant worlds. Artist’s concept of a distant red dwarf star and accompanying exoplanet. Red dwarfs are common in our galaxy. They produce volatile, deadly flares – and accompanying space weather – that can erode the atmospheres of any nearby planet...

Penn State researchers head team investigating signal possibly sent from neighboring star Updated Jan 05, 2021; Posted Jan 03, 2021 Researchers from Penn State are among those examining a radio signal that may have come from Proxima Centauri, shown here. The star, normally invisible to the naked eye from Earth, is our solar systems closest neighbor. (NASA and ESA/Hubble) Facebook Share Was it a signal from intelligent life in another solar system? Or was the radio signal picked up in April 20...

Was that a dropped call from extraterrestrial life? A spooky radio signal showed up after a radio telescope was aimed at the next star over from our sun. New York Times Representative image: Reuters 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. “It’s some sort of technological signal. The question is...

Space in 2020: Many reasons to celebrate in an otherwise terrible year Comets and planets and (Crew) Dragons. Oh my! Jan. 2, 2021 12:05 p.m. PT SpaceX sent NASA astronauts to space from US soil in 2020 for the first time in nearly a decade. NASA Life on the surface of planet Earth in 2020 was troubling, to say the least, but above and beyond this rock lies a whole lot of outer space where quite a few interesting and exciting things took place...

Proxima Centauri and the space signal: Was that a dropped call from ET? 1 Jan, 2021 01:19 AM 8 minutes to read 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...

7-MIN READ 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 artists impression released by the European Southern Observatory August 24, 2016. (Reuters) Proxima Centauri is an inviting prospect for “out yonder.” FOLLOW US ON: Nobody believes it was ET phoning, but radio astronomers admit they do not...

News18 Evening Digest: Oxford-AstraZeneca Shot Set to Get Approval and Other Top Stories FOLLOW US ON: India on Friday took a step closer to licensing a vaccine against Covid-19 as an expert panel appointed by the government recommended that the apex drug regulator grant emergency use authorisation to the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. The approval by the Subject Expert Committee of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) paves the way for mass immunisation with the vaccine to begi...

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...

Year in Aerospace: The comeback begins for Boeing and for American spaceflight Geekwire 12/29/2020 Alan Boyle © Provided by Geekwire An American Airlines 737 MAX 8 jet takes off on a test flight from Dallas-Fort Worth to Tulsa, Okla., on Dec. 2. (American Airlines Photo) Boeing’s rebuilding year drew to a close today with a milestone capping a momentous year in aerospace: the first U.S. passenger flight for a 737 MAX jet since the worldwide fleet was grounded. American Ai...