LOFAR , a web of 44 post of antenna go around across Europe , is only half over , yet it ’s already giving researchers alone simulacrum of distant sinister holes . Soon it ’ll be used by SETI to search for aliens on rarely - explored superlow frequency .
LOFAR ’s far flung stations independently collect datum that is then composited by a supercomputer . The issue : unprecedentedly high result images of the low-pitched end of the magnetised spectrum . Though only 20 or so of its eventual 44 outposts have been built , LOFAR has already given astronomers plenty to look at , like the above prototype of battalion of electron escaping from a shameful hole .
Even more exciting is what it has on the horizon . In a late proclamation of their approaching observational schedule , LOFAR pronounce that SETI will be using the organisation to scan the skies for extraterrestrial tuner natural process on frequency that have for the most part choke unexplored until now .
The quietus of LOFAR ’s stations are slate for culmination by the end of the summertime . If we ’re lucky , we could be ring in 2011 with the sweet sounds of martian radio . [ AstronviaDiscovery ]
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