Width-Aware Technosignature Searches: Space-Weather Broadening and the Great Silence

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Space turbulence can broaden narrow alien radio signals as they travel, so searches that expect razor-thin signals may miss them; the proposal is to use width-aware detection that looks for broader signals and matches methods to what actually arrives on Earth, focusing on Earth-like worlds such as TRAPPIST-1e and K2-18b as promising targets.

Aliens have tried to contact us for YEARS - looking for wrong thing
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Aliens have tried to contact us for YEARS - looking for wrong thing

A new study has cast doubt on our radio signal detection methods, arguing that space weather could be distorting incoming transmissions.