Scientists Investigate Strange Signal From Space

A signal detected by a Russian telescope is giving hope to NorCal astronomers searching for extraterrestrial life that ET could be phoning home. Reports of the signal, which was received on May 15th, 2015 by the telescope in Zelenchukskaya, in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic of Russia, were first reported on Centauri Dreams, which reports on space-related news. This report was not released to the public until last weekend when a reporter discovered the report in a blog post in an astronomy journal.

The signal was coming from the constellation Hercules and scientists in Mountain View at the SETI Institute (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) have pointed their telescopes in that direction. Their giant antennae are situated about 300 miles northeast of San Francisco. The SETI team is investigating whether that mysterious and powerful signal from a star system could be intentional. While the researchers in Russia claim they came across it last year, Bay Area scientists didn’t start talking about it this weekend when it became public in a blog. The blip could also very just well be interference from Earth. But either way, we will know in the not so far future.



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http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2016/08/29/e-t-phoning-home-seti-institute-scientists-point-telescopes-toward-possible-signal-from-space/