A RUSSIAN telescope has picked up an
unknown signal from deep space, prompting scientists to believe they may have
discovered ALIEN LIFE.
Signals came from near to a
planet surrounding a star 95 light-years from Earth. The host star is known as
HD164595 which is almost the same size as our sun. The planet in question has
been dubbed HD164595b and is roughly the same size as Neptune – a diameter of
almost four times that of Earth’s. It is warm and rocky, with a year that lasts
just 40 days.
The signal was detected by
experts at Russia’s RATAN-600 telescope who then passed the information onto
Paul Glister, author of the Centauri Dreams website, which examines
peer-reviewed research on the universe.
Mr Paul Gilster said the
strength of the signal indicates that it came from a Kardashev Type II
civilisation. The Kardashev scale is an indicator of how advanced a
civilisation is – Earth is a type I that can harbour energy from our sun,
whereas a Type II would be much more advanced and would be able to use all of
the energy from the host star– like a Dyson Sphere, for example.
Mr Paul Gilster wrote on his
website: “Working out the strength of the signal, the researchers say that if
it came from an isotropic beacon, it would be of a power possible only for a
Kardashev Type II civilisation.
“If it were a narrow beam
signal focused on our Solar System, it would be of a power available to a
Kardashev Type I civilisation.” While Mr Paul Gilster was not 100 per cent
confident that the signal came from aliens, he remains optimistic.
He said: “The possibility of
noise of one form or another cannot be ruled out, and researchers in Paris led
by Jean Schneider are considering the possible micro lensing of a background
source by HD164595. “But the signal is provocative enough that the RATAN-600
researchers are calling for permanent monitoring of this target.”
Astronomers at Search for Extra-terrestrial
Intelligence (SETI) were not so excited by the news however. Eric Korpela of
the institute said: “I was unimpressed.
“Because the receivers used
were making broad band measurements, there's really nothing about this
"signal" that would distinguish it from a natural radio transient. “There's
also nothing that could distinguish it from a satellite passing through the
telescope field of view.
“All in all, it's relatively
uninteresting from a SETI standpoint.”
