What is that Strange Signal from Proxima Centauri? - The Cosmic Companion Jan. 6, 2020
An unusual signal from Proxima Centauri called BLC-1 shows signs it may come from an intelligent species — but is it aliens, humans, or something else?
What is BLC-1 – That Weird Signal from Proxima Centauri?
By James Maynard
On November 28, 1967, Jocelyn Bell, a young radio astronomer at The University of Cambridge, together with her supervisor Antony Hewish, found an unusual signal in data reported by their instrument. A signal, featuring regular flashes of energy, perplexed the astronomers — what could be generating this clock-like regularity?
At first, these signals were jokingly referred to as LGM — Little Green Men. After all, such signals could be navigational signals, guiding aliens in their travels around the galaxy. Soon, however, they were found to be rapidly-rotating neutron stars we know call pulsars.
Now, astronomers are studying Breakthrough Listen Candidate-1 (BLC-1) a new, unexplained signal, showing signs of an intelligent source. And, this signal seems to be coming from the closest star to our own family of planets.
But, what IS it?
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