02-02-2023, 09:30 AM
An amateur radio enthusiast picked up a radio transmission on 1420 Mhz, a frequency called the hydrogen line. He speculated that it may have been an alien race attempting to communicate.
When you zap hydrogen you give it energy and that is the frequency it emits.
Hydrogen accounts for 73% of all the matter in the universe. Scientists can energise hydrogen atoms to make them move and when they move they give off a frequency that can travel vast distances through space. The scientists believe that alien races might use this particular frequency because it is one of the most abundant emitters of radio waves in the universe. so if anyone was looking they might expect to find signals exactly on the hydrogen line.
So like the radio ham you might like to listen on 1420 Mhz and you never know what you might hear.
When you zap hydrogen you give it energy and that is the frequency it emits.
Hydrogen accounts for 73% of all the matter in the universe. Scientists can energise hydrogen atoms to make them move and when they move they give off a frequency that can travel vast distances through space. The scientists believe that alien races might use this particular frequency because it is one of the most abundant emitters of radio waves in the universe. so if anyone was looking they might expect to find signals exactly on the hydrogen line.
So like the radio ham you might like to listen on 1420 Mhz and you never know what you might hear.