Friday, July 4, 2008

Scientists Discover Planet's Natural Radio Emissions

Chirps and whistles of our planet's auroral kilometric radiation (AKR) might be the first thing an extraterrestrial civilization is likely to hear from Earth. In reality, they are the sounds that accompany the aurora. The European Space Agency's Cluster mission is showing scientists how to understand this emission and, in the future, search for alien worlds by listening for their sounds.
http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2008/06/are-a-planets-r.html

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