BLC1 the Proxima Centauri SETI Candidate with Jason Wright
From John Michael Godier's Event Horizon by John Michael Godier
April 9, 2026 · 32 min
About this episode
The episode discusses the BLC1 radio signal, a potential SETI candidate from Proxima Centauri, featuring insights from astronomer Jason Wright.
BLC1 is a candidate SETI radio signal found by the Breakthrough Listen project, the signal is possibly coming from the star Proxima Centauri and has a frequency of 982.002 MHz.Jason Wright is a professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at Penn State.https://twitter.com/Astro_Wrighthttps://sites.psu.edu/astrowright/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/12/alien-hunters-detect-mysterious-radio-signal-from-nearby-star/https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/alien-hunters-discover-mysterious-signal-from-proxima-centauri/Follow us at other places!Website: https://www.eventhorizonshow.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/jmgeventhorizonInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/jmgeventhorizon/Music featured on Event Horizonhttps://stellardrone.bandcamp.com/https://migueljohnson.bandcamp.com/https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/https://aeriumambient.bandcamp.com/FOOTAGE:NASAESA/HubbleESO - M.KornmesserESO - L.CalcadaESO - Jose Francisco Salgado (josefrancisco.org)NAOJUniversity of WarwickGoddard Visualization StudioLangley Research CenterPixabay
People in this episode
Host: John Michael Godier
Guest: Jason Wright
Topics covered
- SETI
- radio signals
- Proxima Centauri
- astronomy
- astrophysics
Keywords
- BLC1
- SETI
- Proxima Centauri
- radio signal
- astronomy
- Jason Wright
- Breakthrough Listen
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Breakthrough Listen, Penn State, NASA, ESA, Hubble, ESO, University of Warwick, Goddard Visualization Studio, Langley Research Center, Pixabay
Places: Proxima Centauri
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