Krisboats Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 http://www.witness.co.za/?showcontent&global[_id]=11385A Durban University of Technology teacher and his students have found the first radio signal from outside our solar system. Using their radio telescope named Indlebe. A transit instrument operating on Hydrogen Line Frequency of 1420 MHZ.Woo, might be interesting... or might be nothing. Would it be good to meet other aliens or not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davetrials Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 unless they teach us to fly no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 It may well be what they last thought was aliens - a pulsar.Lol if it is aliens.Humans are bad enough as it is, fighting each other because they've got different coloured skin. Even if they are aliens, and they do come to earth, we'll never get anything from them except for their dead bodies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Thomson Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 That is the best f**king thing I've ever read.'Mon the foreigners! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroMatt Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 "He said a strong electro-magnetic source was detected in Sagittarius A, which lies in the centre of the Milky Way."Sagittarius A (or Sgr A) is a complex radio source at the center of our galaxy, the Milky Waygo go media spin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrex Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 Humans are bad enough as it is, fighting each other because they've got different coloured skin. Even if they are aliens, and they do come to earth, we'll never get anything from them except for their dead bodies.That is so true.If it actually was any life form it would be interesting to know how similar or different we are. Imagine if it was just really advanced humans.It makes you think for a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Deere Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 I think it would do humanity some good to come into contact with (advanced) alien life.Would make us all think for a sec, and hopefully bring us that little closer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrix Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Youtube Video -> ">" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boswell Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Everything in the universe is ever changing so there is a high possiblity that life/advance life has come and gone thousands of times. Even if the signals did come from aliens they are probably long gone as sound travels so slowly across the universe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Sound doesn't travel in vacuum I actually wonder how the discovery and contact with alien lifeforms would affect the world. Maybe we'd realize that there's no need to fight over such trivial things and all these stupid wars would come to an end. We are going to make contact sooner or later, given the advancement in technology say in 1000 years? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haz Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 I love this kind of stuff.But I think they probably just found some noise, and the chances of it being even decipherable into anything we could understand are so slim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hI-OOPS-CAPS Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 radio signals travel at the speed of light anyone see richard and judy maybe 5days ago, where they discussed the pros and cons of earth sending out a electromagnetic frequency. with the idea, i think of reaching aliens in space.cant find any info on it though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaRtZ Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Part of sagittarius A is sagittarius A* - believed to be a supermassive blackholehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagittarius_A* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted August 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 In that case, surely they should have known better? They go to all that funding and time to build a massive radio telescope and point it at something thats suspected of being a high cause of electromagnetic activity then report to a paper that they were suprised they found a signal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haz Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 But even through back ground radiation, some frequencies are more prominant that others, if they have found one which is unusually high or which is un expected, you obviously research it further. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nick Riviera Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Any money says it was last tuesday's 'Wake up to Wogan'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haz Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Would be epic if it were something like BBC World Serive from the 1950s or something bounced off an alien space dish... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrix Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 (edited) It's possible that it is though. Maybe not bounced off something alien, but something we've sent out. It could how ever be something bounced off one of the many Satellites the MOD graveyard every year.Space; the final frontier. Edited August 13, 2008 by Hendrix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haz Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 It's possible that it is though. Maybe not bounced off something alien, but something we've sent out. Space; the final frontier. I'm going to put money on it it's noise.Or a certain frequency not found in the same frequecy, with a side of noise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucky Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 interesting, must be that radio chuck norris roundhouse kicked into space when he heard scott mills.............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 I guarantee it will be the numa numa song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ogre Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 we'll never get anything from them except for their dead bodies.They might taste like chicken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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