The discussion revolves around a recently detected radio signal from the sun-like star HD 164595, which has sparked speculation about its potential artificial origin and implications for extraterrestrial intelligence. Participants explore various hypotheses regarding the signal's source, its frequency, and the likelihood of it being a message from an alien civilization.
Participants do not reach a consensus, as multiple competing views remain regarding the signal's origin, its implications, and the likelihood of it being a message from extraterrestrial intelligence.
Participants note limitations in the current understanding of the signal, including the lack of precise frequency data and the potential for human-made interference. The discussion reflects a range of assumptions about the capabilities and awareness of hypothetical alien civilizations.
Readers interested in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, radio astronomy, and the implications of anomalous signals in astrophysics may find this discussion relevant.
Broadcasted radio signals emitted from Earth would indeed become lost among cosmic general background radio noise very quickly.Chuck Keranen said:The signals we've emitted...
How much degradation would occur as the signal ripples in all directions away from us...wouldn't the amount reaching a single destination be miniscule?
Agreed. Sending us a focused beam might only make sense if "They" thought we could make sense of it, or they are here already communicating, which would probably require more than one signal...not likely.rootone said:Broadcasted radio signals emitted from Earth would indeed become lost among cosmic general background radio noise very quickly.
I doubt that using our best technology presently available we could even detect a radio broadcast occurring on a hypothetical planet orbiting the Alpha Centuri system, our nearest stellar neighborhood.
An intentionally focused transmission would work a lot better if someone decided to do that.