Did China’s FAST telescope detect an alien signal? Probably not, but let’s take a look.
00:00 Did FAST detect an alien signal?
00:57 Kepler-438b system
02:08 Comparison to the Proxima Centauri signal
03:28 How the FAST telescope works
04:51 Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)
05:36 SETI observing strategies
08:21 FAST’s 2020-2021 SETI search
09:20 Kepler-438 candidate signal
11:40 How to confirm the candidate signal
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Zhang et al 2022 (preprint): https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-1335086/v1
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