DR JON HERAS /SCIENCE PHOTO / CORBIS
Illustration showing the absorbance of electromagnetic waves by the Earth's atmosphere.
Illustration showing the absorbance of electromagnetic waves by the Earth's atmosphere.
Michael D. Lemonick
Editorial
Senior Science Writer
Email: mlemonick@climatecentral.org
Google+: View Profile
Mr. Lemonick covered science and the environment for TIME magazine for nearly 21 years, where he wrote more than 50 cover stories, and has also written for Discover, Scientific American, Wired, New Scientist and The Washington Post. Lemonick is the author of four books, and a cover story for TIME was featured in the anthology “Best American Science and Nature Writing 2007.” He has taught science and environmental journalism at Princeton, Columbia, Johns Hopkins and New York Universities.
Also, the above-referenced article states that the bursts have a wavelength of about 1 meter (300 MHz) and have been observed to repeat at intervals of 77 minutes.
There are hundreds of millions of galaxies and billions of planets. That is an immensity that is beyond the conceptual concept of most people. It is logical to assume that the universe teems with life. Yet given the huge distances separating these platelets and the laws of physics, it is simply not possible for an alien biological or a mechanical entity to visit. However Earth has been transmitting huge amounts of digital alogarithmic data for the past twenty five years. It is not inconceivable that within the next twenty some computer on earth will receive a truly wondrous communication.
...Its a super-galactic submarine single ping alert.
6EQUJ5