Mysterious Radio Signal Captured by Astronomers in Australia
Science/Medical/Technology
Wednesday 1st, June 2022
A mysterious signal from space has been detected during observations of a spiral galaxy known as NGC 2082 by researchers in Australia.
The signal is reported to have manifested as a strong point radio source in data collected from the Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder (ASKAP), the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) and the Parkes radio telescope.
"We present radio continuum observations of NGC 2082 using ASKAP, ATCA and Parkes telescopes from 888 MHz to 9,000 MHz," the researchers said.
"Some 20 arcsec from the center of this nearby spiral galaxy, we discovered a bright and compact radio source, J054149.24-641813.7, of unknown origin."
It was reported by a team of astronomers headed up by Joel Balzan of Western Sydney University.
The nature and origin of the radio source remains unknown and it is very important not to jump to conclusions just yet. Most unexplained sources turn out to be pulsars, nebulae, quasars and other objects, so there is no immediate reason to jump to an extraterrestrial hypnosis.
The signal is reported to have manifested as a strong point radio source in data collected from the Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder (ASKAP), the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) and the Parkes radio telescope.
"We present radio continuum observations of NGC 2082 using ASKAP, ATCA and Parkes telescopes from 888 MHz to 9,000 MHz," the researchers said.
"Some 20 arcsec from the center of this nearby spiral galaxy, we discovered a bright and compact radio source, J054149.24-641813.7, of unknown origin."
It was reported by a team of astronomers headed up by Joel Balzan of Western Sydney University.
The nature and origin of the radio source remains unknown and it is very important not to jump to conclusions just yet. Most unexplained sources turn out to be pulsars, nebulae, quasars and other objects, so there is no immediate reason to jump to an extraterrestrial hypnosis.
