SIGNALS FROM FAR BEYOND MODERN EONAS!
Proxima Centauri, which is a red dwarf star is orbited by two known planets, one of which is in the 'habitable zone' that could support Earth-like conditions. Firstpost • Jan 05, 2021 10:29 IST | By FP Trending : Researchers from Penn State University are examining a signal that was detected by a radio telescope pointed at Proxima Centauri. It is the Milky Way's neighbouring small star and is part of the Alpha Centauri. The radio signal was originally picked up in April and May 2019. In an interaction with The New York Times , Sofia Sheikh, a graduate from Penn State, and the lead author of the study, stated that the signal is some sort of technological signal, but the question is whether it is Earth tech or from somewhere else. Sheikh is part of a $100 million effort funded by Russian billionaire investor Yuri Milner to find alien radio waves. This is the Breakthrough Listen project first candidate or BLC-1. According to an article by SETI , this is ...