Mystery Burst From Outer Space (WoW Signal 2)

[chattanova]

Mystery Signal from Outer Space Heard by Arecibo

This is fuc*ing amazing folks!!

“The sudden burst of radio energy lasted only 0.005 seconds,
and had spectral characteristics that suggested that it was from a distant galaxy,
probably billions of light-years from us." - Seth Shostak, Ph.D., SETI Institute

‘We probably won't be able to decode it,’ he said. ‘We'll know something's out there, but we won't know much about their civilization.’


full report http://www.earthfiles.com/news.php?I...tegory=Science

[ashyr]

meet the neighbours

[soglad]

Intergalactic hillbillies. Only having a laugh with us!

[kriss_crow]

It's not as clear as u think, guys.
read the whole text...

http://www.earthfiles.com/news.php?I...tegory=Science

"That pulse was actually recorded by the Parkes Radio Telescope, in New South Wales, Australia several years ago during a search for pulsars, but only recently looked at by researchers at West Virginia University as they sifted through these old data. Their results were published on September 27 of last year.
This signal doesn't seem to have anything to do with SETI searches (and wasn't found as part of any such search), although until more “bursters” are found, its true nature will remain mysterious. It is certainly not claimed to be a SETI detection. For such a claim to be made, a signal would have to not only have the characteristics of a deliberate transmission, but would also need to be observed more than once - in order to verify its position on the sky, and to rule out the kind of brutal cosmic event that is probably responsible for the burst reported in September."

[hagbard_celine]

But the scientist who first examined it was moved to write "WOW!" on the trace paper. That's very unprofessional. It must have been significant for him or her to do that.