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The Secret to Finding Aliens May Be Hidden in Firefly's Flashing Pattern

Researchers propose looking for alien signals that stand out from natural backgrounds, using pulsar data to test a search model inspired by firefly flashes.

A new study suggests we may be overlooking an entirely different approach to finding extraterrestrial signals, one inspired by the flashing patterns of fireflies.

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When we think of extraterrestrial intelligence that might exist among the stars, we tend to think of creatures that don't look too much like us, even if they may have gray skin, probably bald and big black eyes. We focus on familiar humanoids. But there are many on Earth [...]

Fireflies are noticeable with characteristic flashing sequences in the midst of many lights. A new model transfers this principle to the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Thus, simple signals could be noticed only by the fact that their rhythm is clearly different from natural cosmic sources without having to decode their message. Tempe (U.S.A.). Many projects in the search for extraterrestrial [...] The article Fireflies Principle could…

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