#Unknown radio signal from space 1977 tv#

Even though the cause is likely something other than extraterrestrial life, the eventual answer could be very useful. On Saturday 26 November 1977, at 17:10 UTC, as ITN s Andrew Gardner presented a news summary where he reported on clashes in then- Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) between security forces and Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army, the TV picture wobbled slightly, followed by a deep buzz. It’s comparable to the “Wow!” signal from 1977, she said - it’s at least attention-getting.

Signal analysis lead Sofia Sheikh said Breakthrough Listen hadn’t seen a signal pass through “this many of filters” used to catch interference and natural explanations. The most likely explanations so far are either a previously unknown source of Earth-based interference or a newly discovered natural phenomenon. On December 18th news leaked in the British newspaper the Guardian of a mysterious signal coming from the closest star to our own, Proxima Centauri, a star too dim to see from Earth with the naked. Breakthrough Listen said it was still “carefully investigating” and that unusual signals are typically interference researchers couldn’t “fully explain.” As it is, it’s highly unlikely that a radio-capable civilization could live virtually next door without detection - Earth would have been bathed in radio signals from a planet ‘just’ 4.2 light-years away. Although Proxima Centauri does host a potentially habitable planet, the signal hasn’t been detected since its initial observation between April and May 2019. The frequency shifts up, too, rather than down like you’d expect for a planet.ĭon’t count on this as a sign of aliens. The results of this investigation, therefore, conclude that. The signal occupies an oddly narrow 982MHz band that’s unused by human-made spacecraft, yet not possible through known natural processes. The investigation discovered that comet 266/P Christensen emitted a radio signal at 1420.25 MHz. The Guardian and Scientific American have learned that Breakthrough Listen astronomers using the Parkes telescope in Australia discovered a strange radio signal coming from Proxima Centauri, the star system closest to the Sun.

Astronomers have encountered a mystery surprisingly close to Earth.

Unknown radio signal from space 1977