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Credit: SETI Institute April 6, 2021, Mountain View, CA - The SETI Institute has named Dan Werthimer and Paul Horowitz as recipients of the 2021 Drake Award. The award, named after Frank Drake, the astronomer who conducted the first modern experiment to seek extraterrestrial intelligence, honors those scientists and engineers who have made substantial contributions to the search for and understanding of life beyond Earth. The 2021 Drake Awards mark the first time this SETI Institute award has simultaneously recognized the achievements of two people, a testament to the extraordinary contribu...

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 whether it’s Earth technology or technology from somewhere out yonder,” said Sofia Sheikh, a gr...

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 was ET phoning, but radio astronomers admit they do not have an explanation yet for a beam of radio...

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 artist's 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 have an explanation yet for a beam of radio waves that apparently came from the direction of the...

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.