signal from Proxima Centauri

[igrowone]

you don't see this everyday
a very narrow band signal from the region of Proxima Cetauri
it's the closest star system to earth
and seems to be on the closest planet to Proxima Cetauri
a signal which has such a narrow band has not been detected in nature as of yet
which leaves the possibility of the signal being a 'pollutant' from earth
but this particular frequency simply isn't used by any known earth based systems
so what is it? might be a hell of an answer
for those inclined to further detail, good old SciAm link

https://www.scientificamerican.com/...over-mysterious-signal-from-proxima-centauri/

 

[unclefishstick]

dracos,gotta be the dracos!




so far they haven't found a repeat of the signal and only found it some time after it was recorded while sorting through the data...

 

[igrowone]

dracos,gotta be the dracos!




so far they haven't found a repeat of the signal and only found it some time after it was recorded while sorting through the data...

true - not continuous
if it was I got the impression it would be nearly a done deal
the receiver does a test where it alternates scans with known dead zones
which implies it probably(?) is a real deal signal
but this will be huge if true
maybe too huge

 

[White Beard]

Interesting, for sure.

Naturally-occurring signals tend to be bursts of noise, wide-band static triggered by strictly physical events; narrow-band signal implies a distinctly different kind of source. Narrow-band emissions are implicitly deliberate by comparison, and therefore could reflect intention at the source...in other words, an intent to push that signal outward from Centauri. Or it could be something we don’t know to guess at. Could be anything, I guess.

 

[unclefishstick]

probably an interstellar spam call..."we're contacting you about the warranty on your star cruiser"

 

[D. B. Doober]

With all the billions of galaxies and stars/Suns how can we be the only ones out there? There has to be life somewhere. Maybe. Hope so.

 

[Im'One]

Some body has been sticking those monoliths around the world. Maybe it's the little greys

 

[unclefishstick]

Some body has been sticking those monoliths around the world. Maybe it's the little greys

bored phish fans...wooks gotta wook!

 

[rolandomota]

Nevermind radio signal is about as fast as light

 

[igrowone]

some interesting factoids from astronomy forums I read through on this discovery

1. The signal is very close to 982 Mhz. Bit much of a coincidence, implies a higher likelihood of a earth based transmission. Or so a number of posters have commented.

2. The location of the observing station down in Australia is well isolated from earth based interference.

3. The observation was from the southern hemisphere to the southern visible Centauri system. This generally takes away the equatorial satellites and the interplanetary space probes as possibilities.

in short, this is a very tough signal to explain
likely a good deal of time will pass as the observatory tries to track down all possible interference sources
not to mention searching through other observations of Centauri
a corroborating signal from another spot on earth would be huge

 

[D. B. Doober]

What if you go really really far in space and then all of a sudden come up on Earth? What if there's an edge of space, man?

 

[igrowone]

What if you go really really far in space and then all of a sudden come up on Earth? What if there's an edge of space, man?

and edge would be interesting
guess you'd have to cross that bridge if you come to it
so far no edges seen from telescopes, but I guess you never know what you might see

 

[Im'One]

My understanding is no edge can be seen and the universe appears to be expanding?

 

[igrowone]

My understanding is no edge can be seen and the universe appears to be expanding?

that does appear to be the case

 

[flylowgethigh]

The big picture is their huge radiotelescope crashed down, and they want another one. Toss in some election distraction and it's a win-win.

Notice that freq band, which is allocated already, is right next to their radio telescope band. There is doppler shift to be considered too.

http://www.fordyce.org/scanning/scanning_info/freqall.htm

 

[star crash]

you don't see this everyday
a very narrow band signal from the region of Proxima Cetauri
it's the closest star system to earth
and seems to be on the closest planet to Proxima Cetauri
a signal which has such a narrow band has not been detected in nature as of yet
which leaves the possibility of the signal being a 'pollutant' from earth
but this particular frequency simply isn't used by any known earth based systems
so what is it? might be a hell of an answer
for those inclined to further detail, good old SciAm link

https://www.scientificamerican.com/...over-mysterious-signal-from-proxima-centauri/