Not saying it's aliens: SETI survey reveals unexplained pulses from distant stars

Not saying it's aliens: SETI survey reveals unexplained pulses from distant stars

More than 60 years ago, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) officially began with Project Ozma at the Greenbank Observatory in West Bank, Virginia. Led by famed astronomer Frank Drake (who coined the Drake Equation), this survey used the observatory's 25-meter (82-foot) dish to monitor Epsilon Eridani and Tau Ceti—two nearby sun-like stars—between April and July of 1960. Since then, multiple surveys have been conducted at differe…

Unexplained starlight pulses found in optical SETI searches

Years spent searching more than 1300 sun-like stars for optical SETI signals have finally yielded unexpected results. A “signal” of two fast identical…