Scientists Think Aliens Are Trying To Contact Earth After Detecting Five New Radio Bursts From Space

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Fast radio bursts are thought to be a possible communication method being used by aliens from extremely far away.

People are once again debating if there are aliens out there due to some recent study.

A paper by Joeri van Leeuwen, an astronomer at the University of Amsterdam, was published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics under his leadership.

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Professor van Leeuwen and colleagues documented five FRBs found in 2019 in their report.

When the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope in the Netherlands was renovated, the FRBs were discovered.

The Apertif Radio Transient System (ARTS), a supercomputer, and 14 25-meter dishes are both installed at Westerbork.

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The newly-published study reads: “Only through the very high time and frequency resolution of ARTS are these hard-to-find FRBs detected, producing an unbiased view of the intrinsic population properties."

Eric Kooistra from the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy commented on the improvements to the Westerbork as follows: “One cannot just go but the complex electronics you need for this.”

“We designed most of the system ourselves, with a large team. That resulted in a state-of-the-art machine, one of the most powerful in the world."

After the modification, the Westerbork has improved its ability to detect FRBs and identify the precise locations of the frequencies.

Astronomers discovered five FRBs within a five-week period in 2019 as a consequence. These had traveled through space for almost 4 billion years.

Three of the five, however, breached the Triangulum Galaxy on their approach to Earth. This spiral galaxy is approximately 2.73 million light years away from Earth.

The FRBs passed through the Triangulum Galaxy, crossed paths with the Andromeda Galaxy, and then came within 'the halos' of the Milky Way.

Each FRB emerged at random and may have come from a neutron star, a black hole, or even artificial signals made by intelligent creatures (often known as aliens).

FRBs may be coming from distant alien transmitters powering interstellar probes, according to research from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics published in 2017.

An artificial origin for these signals, according to institute professor Avi Loeb, "is worth contemplating."

Professor van Leeuwen mentioned the most recent study when he said: “Fast radio bursts (FRBs) must be powered by uniquely energetic emission mechanisms.”

“We discovered five new FRBs, a significant addition to the approximately 100 published [in 2019]."

The Apertif Radio Transient System (ARTS): Design, commissioning, data release, and detection of the first five fast radio bursts were published this week, despite the fact that the five FRBs were discovered in 2019.

Given the fact that these five have been verified, the researchers concede that it is challenging to keep track of FRBs because they "pierce galaxies at random points in time."

The group led by Professor van Leeuwen currently seeks a deeper comprehension of FRBs. The astronomers also wish to determine whether these five actually originated from alien life.