LONDON: There exists no radio signal that could indicate signs of extraterrestrial chatter around the star KIC 8462852, said researchers at the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute in Mountain View, California. Earlier in October, the star gained a lot of popularity with some scientists claiming that it shows signs of alien life near the star.
SETI astronomer Seth Shostak said that till now our all the assumptions regarding extraterrestrial have been wrong and it is quite common that the star’s strange behavior might be because of nature. Earlier with the help of Kepler Space Telescope, scientists noted drops in the star’s brightness that could have been created when orbiting planets pass in front of them. The irregular dimming of the star caused the scientists to dub the star as ‘WTF’ star, What the Flux.
From past two weeks, researchers at the SETI Institute turned the Allen Telescope Array (ATA) on the star, which examined two types of radio signals for the star: narrowband and broadband signals. Gerry Harp, SETI Institute scientist, said SETI identified ‘no clear evidence for either type of signal’. Researchers rules out omnidirectional transmitters that use a minimum amount of energy to broadcast their signal. It has been reported that the findings do not eliminate the possibility of alien communications coming from regions around the star, but they are comparatively weaker than what SETI searches are able to detect.
