Post by Andrei Tchentchik on Aug 19, 2020 15:33:46 GMT 2
(.#479).- Is the interstellar comet Borisov an ET’s spacecraft.
Is the interstellar comet Borisov an ET’s spacecraft.
Xavier Demeersman, Journaliste.
Posted on 18/02/2020
Modified on 02/20/2020
The Breakthrough Listen program of the Seti institute has just made available some two million gigabytes of radio data collected in our Galaxy and reveals the results of its "listening" of 2I / Borisov, the comet from another planetary system. Is the technosignature of an extraterrestrial civilization hidden among this immense mass of data?
Comet 2l / Borisov: what is this interstellar object? We tell you the story of the interstellar comet 2I / Borisov. A story that begins, for us Earthlings, at the end of August 2019 when we saw it for the first time, but which began tens or hundreds of millions of years ago, or even more ... because we do not not yet know the age of this object from elsewhere.
It's been a while since we talked about the interstellar comet 2I / Borisov which is currently crossing our Solar System. The news has diverted us a little from this celestial body from another star and which passed closer to Earth almost two months ago.
To the big question: is this object a spaceship populated with aliens? Or even a space probe sent by a distant extraterrestrial civilization to spy on Earthlings (you never know ...)? Well, the Seti Institute's Breakthrough Listen project has just decided in its last report released on February 14 in Seattle at the annual meetings of the AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science): no! No technosignature was detected from this direction. At least, nothing that is detectable by our technologies, specified the members of Seti. Because after all, it could be the wreckage of an alien object that has not emitted for a long time and wanders from star to star across the Galaxy.
The same question quickly arose, we remember, with ‘Oumuamua, the first interstellar object identified in our Solar System. And the debate is not over because its elongated shape and unusual dynamics continue to intrigue. Moreover researchers, like the eminent Avi Loeb, director of the department of astronomy at Harvard, are of the opinion that this “traveler come from elsewhere” could be, demonstration in support, a probe equipped with a solar sail.
The VLA offices in New Mexico. The observatory will collaborate with the Breakthrough Listen program. © Seti Institute.
Seti makes available the largest mass of data in its history.
On the same day, Andrew Siemion, who directs scientific research for Breakthrough Listen, announced that no less than two petabytes of radio broadcast data are now available, and anyone can participate in the search for possible extraterrestrial civilizations by patiently peeling.
If an advanced civilization, somewhere in the Milky Way, wanted to put a beacon somewhere, the galactic center would be a good place to do it.
Most of the signals (mainly between 1 and 12 gigahertz) come from the center of the Milky Way, a decisive region for the researchers of the program: "[...] we are unanimous in saying that this region is the most interesting part of the Galaxy, said Andrew Siemion in the press release. If an advanced civilization, somewhere in the Milky Way, wanted to put a beacon somewhere, the galactic center would be a good place to do it. It is extraordinarily energetic, so one would imagine that if an advanced civilization wanted to harness a lot of energy, it could somehow use the supermassive black hole that is at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. ”
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Is the interstellar comet Borisov an ET’s spacecraft.
Xavier Demeersman, Journaliste.
Posted on 18/02/2020
Modified on 02/20/2020
The Breakthrough Listen program of the Seti institute has just made available some two million gigabytes of radio data collected in our Galaxy and reveals the results of its "listening" of 2I / Borisov, the comet from another planetary system. Is the technosignature of an extraterrestrial civilization hidden among this immense mass of data?
Comet 2l / Borisov: what is this interstellar object? We tell you the story of the interstellar comet 2I / Borisov. A story that begins, for us Earthlings, at the end of August 2019 when we saw it for the first time, but which began tens or hundreds of millions of years ago, or even more ... because we do not not yet know the age of this object from elsewhere.
It's been a while since we talked about the interstellar comet 2I / Borisov which is currently crossing our Solar System. The news has diverted us a little from this celestial body from another star and which passed closer to Earth almost two months ago.
To the big question: is this object a spaceship populated with aliens? Or even a space probe sent by a distant extraterrestrial civilization to spy on Earthlings (you never know ...)? Well, the Seti Institute's Breakthrough Listen project has just decided in its last report released on February 14 in Seattle at the annual meetings of the AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science): no! No technosignature was detected from this direction. At least, nothing that is detectable by our technologies, specified the members of Seti. Because after all, it could be the wreckage of an alien object that has not emitted for a long time and wanders from star to star across the Galaxy.
The same question quickly arose, we remember, with ‘Oumuamua, the first interstellar object identified in our Solar System. And the debate is not over because its elongated shape and unusual dynamics continue to intrigue. Moreover researchers, like the eminent Avi Loeb, director of the department of astronomy at Harvard, are of the opinion that this “traveler come from elsewhere” could be, demonstration in support, a probe equipped with a solar sail.
The VLA offices in New Mexico. The observatory will collaborate with the Breakthrough Listen program. © Seti Institute.
Seti makes available the largest mass of data in its history.
On the same day, Andrew Siemion, who directs scientific research for Breakthrough Listen, announced that no less than two petabytes of radio broadcast data are now available, and anyone can participate in the search for possible extraterrestrial civilizations by patiently peeling.
If an advanced civilization, somewhere in the Milky Way, wanted to put a beacon somewhere, the galactic center would be a good place to do it.
Most of the signals (mainly between 1 and 12 gigahertz) come from the center of the Milky Way, a decisive region for the researchers of the program: "[...] we are unanimous in saying that this region is the most interesting part of the Galaxy, said Andrew Siemion in the press release. If an advanced civilization, somewhere in the Milky Way, wanted to put a beacon somewhere, the galactic center would be a good place to do it. It is extraordinarily energetic, so one would imagine that if an advanced civilization wanted to harness a lot of energy, it could somehow use the supermassive black hole that is at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. ”
F I N .
