SETI Detects No Alien Signals Coming from Strange Star, Continues Searching

By Leonidas Papadopoulos, on November 9th, 2015

The SETI Institute has recently undergone a search for alien radio signals around the star KIC 8462852, whose mysterious brightness fluctuations have been considered to be the workings of an extraterrestrial civilisation. Following a thoroiugh search in a wide range of frequencies, SETI reported that it has detected no such signals that could […]

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Astronomers Begin Worldwide Observations of 'Unusual' Star as SETI Listens for Alien Signals

By Leonidas Papadopoulos, on October 24th, 2015

Astronomers have begun a follow-up study of the unusual star KIC 8462852 in the hopes of explaining Kepler’s enigmatic observations. To that end, the American Association of Variable Star Observers recently issued a call to the astronomical community worldwide for more detailed observations, while the SETI Institute has began searching for possible radio […]

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The Kepler Discovery Controversy: Objects Orbiting New Star Likely Cometary Fragments, Not Aliens

By Paul Scott Anderson, on October 19th, 2015

Are the unusual objects around KIC 8462852 a giant swarm of comets or something else? Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle (SSC)

There has been a lot of discussion during the past several days regarding a discovery by the Kepler Space Telescope, which, according to some, might be the first evidence for advanced extraterrestrial intelligence, […]

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