The SETI@home screensaver that crunches data in search of intelligent signals from space has produced a list of candidate radio sources that deserve a second look. After an equivalent to a million years of computation aided by more than 4 million computers worldwide, the researchers have highlighted where in the sky to find some of the most promising choices.
In March, for their project called ‘Stellar Countdown’, three members of the SETI@home team travelled to Puerto Rico. Their task was to point the Arecibo radio telescope at over 150 spots identified as the source of possible signals from intelligent civilizations. To determine if a strong radio signal is more than random noise, a glitch or a passing satellite, Arecibo’s 1,000-foot diameter radio dish–the world’s largest-- listened again to promising locations and frequency ranges.
The candidates for re-observation are particularly strong signals or ones that have been observed in the same spot more than once, some of them five or six times… more http://www.astrobio.net/news/article535.html
… if they’re all kosher signals it would seem ET is pretty much everywhere
We’re probably not even looking for ET, we’re probably number crunching something much larger and more impartant. Something to do with world domination or the like:nod:
Originally posted by JUGGY We’re probably not even looking for ET, we’re probably number crunching something much larger and more impartant. Something to do with world domination or the like:nod:
Well, if I crunch the unit that achieves World Domination™ I’ll not let all the powah go to my head, I may let you live a little longer
I’ve often thought that if I find the signal that contacts alien life and all benifit from it cool I’ll humbly take credit for the find. BUT if we all end up dinner, then I am not sure I want credit for that.:eek:
BUT if we all end up dinner,
for
a giant blue slug out there
, i’m going down fighting. I’ve got 5 gallons of ‘Satans Blood’ left over from Mojo’s and a spray gun. Lets give the slug some indigestion at least!
This is the first time a huge amount of radio data hs been analysed in such detail. Even if it isn’t ET, could be something else interesting to astronomy.
Originally posted by The Balrog This is the first time a huge amount of radio data hs been analysed in such detail. Even if it isn’t ET, could be something else interesting to astronomy.
Indeed, like looking for signs of ‘evaporating’ Black Holes , one of Stephen Hawking’s theories that defines a finite lifespan for Black Holes.
