Debunking the "technosignature from Proxima Centauri" rumours

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Head to https://squarespace.com/drbecky to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code DRBECKY - AD | It is time to take out the trash. Because this month saw yet another bullshit claim that an announcement of the discovery of intelligent alien life was imminent. And I got mad. Maybe it’s just because this is the tip of the iceberg of so many fake discovery claims that circle the internet, especially when it comes to JWST, which are just all absolute trash. And this week I have reached my limit and I’m going to take it all out on BLC1 - breakthrough listen candidate 1 - a radio signal detected back in 2020 which was already shown to be radio interference back in 2021, but that this month a documentary film maker claimed to have spoken to the folks at the Breakthrough Listen project who are hunting for signs of intelligent alien life in radio data, and claims that an announcement from Breakthrough and the University of Oxford about BLC1 are imminent. I’m a researcher at Oxford, and I can tell you now we all laughed. So in this video, we’re going to dive into everything we know about BLC1 to put these rumours to rest completely. First starting with: 1) BLC1’s detection back in 2020 and why it was initially thought to be a promising “technosignature” of intelligent alien life, 2) how BLC1 was ruled out as a real “technosignature", and 3) how no recurring signal has been detected since. Smith et al. (2021; BLC1 discovery) - https://arxiv.org/pdf/2111.0800

Published 2024-10-31 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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