For the last 50 years, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) has been dominated by a hunt for tell-tale radio signals. But a new book, The Eerie Silence: Are We Alone?, suggests bold new innovations are required if we are ever to hear from our cosmic neighbors. Author Paul Davies, director of BEYOND: Center for […]
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Newly detected cosmic noise hints at mysterious events in universe’s past
A team of NASA-funded scientists have discovered cosmic radio “noise” that is louder than the combined radio emissions of all of the galaxies in the universe. The newly detected signal suggests something “new and interesting” must have occurred as galaxies first formed, when the universe was less than half its current age. “It seems as […]