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First alien signal may be a civilization’s final cry

Could the first confirmed signal from an extraterrestrial source be less a hello than a goodbye? Astrophysicist David Kipping ...
Though this hunt came up empty, the fact that 3I/ATLAS is only the third known object found in the solar system after ...
ADVANCED alien civilisations might be talking to each other across the vast reaches of space using a “firefly” technique.
A new paper posits that advanced alien civilizations may communicate through subtle flashes, like fireflies do on Earth. The ...
Advanced aliens could be chatting with each other using light flashes in plain sight, similar to how fireflies communicate, ...
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Alien signals, real comet: What 3I/ATLAS revealed

About 470,000 “interesting” radio hits can still add up to zero. That was the practical outcome when astronomers aimed one of ...
I/ATLAS is a natural celestial object with all the qualities typical to a comet. It doesn't just belong to our solar system.
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS sparks debate over its ancient origins and 'anomalous' signals as it prepares for a final ...
Scientists scanned interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS for alien signals using powerful radio telescopes, found nothing artificial, ...
The observations were carried out by the Breakthrough Listen program as the object neared its closest approach to Earth on ...
Astronomers scan interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS for alien signals as Breakthrough Listen's 2026 technosignature search comes up ...
It is unclear whether a [3I/ATLAS] would transmit radio signals … such signals would take tens of thousands of years to cross ...