The year is 2010 and the Lovell Radio Telescope – the flagship of the Jodrell Bank Center for Astrophysics in Manchester, UK-  picks up a signal that's not a pulsar, but instead, finally, is a true signal from a civilization in a remote edge of the Milky Way. If Stuart Lowe -a member of the ESA's Planck spacecraft's Core Team who runs a radio telescope at the Jodrell Bank- has his way the world will know of the discovery in realtime along with the Jodrell Bank team. View original [...]

The year is 2010 and the Lovell Radio Telescope – the flagship of the Jodrell Bank Center for Astrophysics in Manchester, UK-  picks up a signal that’s not a pulsar, but instead, finally, is a true signal from a civilization in a remote edge of the Milky Way. If Stuart Lowe -a member of the ESA’s Planck spacecraft’s Core Team who runs a radio telescope at the Jodrell Bank- has his way the world will know of the discovery in realtime along with the Jodrell Bank team. The [...]