Tag: HD 164595
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Russian SETI researchers say interesting radio signal was definitely not aliens
Detectors for the RATAN-600 telescope form a wide ring in this fisheye view. (Credit: SAO-RAS) Russian astronomers acknowledge that they picked up an “interesting radio signal” in the course of their search for alien transmissions, but that the signal was most probably a case of terrestrial interference. “It can be said with confidence that no…
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Still no aliens in the SETI quest: Lessons learned from that strange radio signal
The Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia is tracking a faraway sunlike star known as HD 164595 for the Breakthrough Listen Initiative. No alien blips have been received so far. (Credit: NRAO) Fifteen months after an intriguing radio signal was picked up from a sunlike star in the constellation Hercules, follow-up observations over the past…
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They’re not saying it’s aliens, but signal traced to sunlike star sparks SETI interest
SETI researchers say an intriguing radio spike was detected last year by the RATAN-600 radio telescope. (Credit: SAO RAS) SETI researchers are buzzing about a strong spike in radio signals that seemed to come from the direction of a sunlike star in the constellation Hercules, known as HD 164595. The signal conceivably fits the profile…