Search for alien radio signals along the planetary plane ⚡ экспресс
The study focuses on the search for extraterrestrial intelligence through analyzing the directionality of our own radio transmissions. Logs from NASA's Deep Space Network over the past 20 years were examined. It was found that radiation mainly concentrates along the ecliptic plane, toward the sun and other planets. The average duty cycle in the Earth transit zone is 20 times higher than the background across ecliptic latitudes. For a hypothetical observer in the Mars system during Earth-Mars conjunction, the probability of intercepting a signal on DSN frequencies is 77%, which is 400,000 times higher than for a random observer at a random time. The results suggest that SETI strategy should prioritize edge-on exoplanetary systems and synchronize observation windows with planetary conjunctions and eclipses.
Analysis of 20 years of NASA antenna transmissions shows: the most powerful radio signals from Earth are directed along the plane of the Solar System—right where the planets wheel. This concentration is like a metropolis’s main street: all the noise and chatter gathers there, while side streets are silent. An observer edge-on to the Sun the moment Earth crosses the star’s disk is right on that street—antennas are audible 20 times more often than average. And during planetary close approaches, like Earth and Mars, the chance of catching a transmission over 20 years reached 77%. That’s 400,000 times higher than switching on a receiver at random—as if eavesdropping on the same avenue, but at rush hour. Therefore, telescopes should target planetary systems seen edge-on and capture transit moments. And here’s the twist: our signals aren’t messages, just radars and probe commands. That means alien “technical” beacons could be just as loud.
🎯 Earth’s most powerful radio noise isn’t messages for aliens, but asteroid radar and commands to probes like the Voyagers.