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Re: Radio signal from outer space received!
« on: September 02, 2004, 04:22:41 PM »
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SHGb02+14a has a frequency of around 1420 megahertz, a frequency that some argue would be one that extraterrestrials would use, since it is one of the main frequencies at which hydrogen absorbs and radiates energy


Uhm, that would be one of the frequencies that you wouldn't want to use, since interstellar hydrogen would suck it all up!
 

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Re: Radio signal from outer space recieved!
« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2004, 05:24:30 PM »
Seems its not big news after all.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3621608.stm

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But researchers connected with the project told BBC News Online on Thursday that no contact with extraterrestrials had been made.

"It's all hype and noise," said its chief scientist, Dr Dan Wertheimer. "We have nothing that is unusual. It's all out of proportion."

And Dr Paul Horowitz, of Harvard University, who specialises in hunting for possible alien contacts added: "It's not much of anything at all. We're not investigating it further."


Unless its a coverup, I guess it's time to just go back to looking.
 

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Re: Radio signal from outer space received!
« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2004, 05:58:32 PM »
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Most of these clear channels are clear of noise because they are absorbed by something. Not really the best way to contact alien civisations.
 

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Re: Radio signal from outer space received!
« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2004, 06:52:43 PM »
All the same, listening on the clear bands strikes me as trying to listen to a radio on board a submarine half a mile underwater, just because there there's no static. (But no signal either.)