Emva kokuwa kweteleskopu yerediyo yeArebibo ePuerto Rico kule nyanga, ndiye ndafumana imovie ethi 'Qhagamshelana' engqondweni yam, kunye nemiboniso emibini ngokukodwa. Eyokuqala kuxa uJodie Foster etyelele iteleskopu, ewe, kwaye eyesibini kuxa ethe ngcu eluphahleni lwemoto yakhe, ii-headphone zivuliwe, kwaye (isilumkiso sesiphambisi!) Uva umqondiso wasemzini.
Iipaki zonomathotholo Ityala: IAuscape / Iqela leMifanekiso yeLizwe ngeGetty
Nangona 'uqhakamshelwano,' inoveli yokuqala kaCarl Sagan, ingumsebenzi wentsomi, enye inzululwazi engemva kwayo ayisiyiyo. Abaphandi kwihlabathi liphela bahlala bebeka iliso kwindalo yonke bemiqondiso yobomi basemhlabeni obungaphandle, kubandakanya neqela eliphumelele inyathelo lokumamela. Kwaye le projekthi, eyinxalenye yeZiko lokuKhangela ubukrelekrele baseMhlabeni (i-SETI), iye yaphumelela.
Njengoko kuchaziwe ngu UMgcini kwaye Inzululwazi yaseMelika , Uqhekeko Mamela izazi ngeenkwenkwezi zafumanisa umqondiso ongaqhelekanga kanomathotholo ovela kwicala leProxima Centauri, eyona nkwenkwezi ikufutshane nelanga lethu, kukukhanya nje kweminyaka eyi-4.2. Idatha yaqokelelwa kwiteleskopu kanomathotholo yasePark eNew South Wales, e-Australia, ngo-Epreli nangoMeyi kunyaka ophelileyo, kwaye abaphandi abakwazanga ukumisela umthombo wayo-ubuncinci okwangoku.
Ngelixa izazi ngeenkwenkwezi zihlala zihlangana rhoqo namaza amatsha kanomathotholo ekuqwalaseleni kwabo, uninzi lwazo luvela kwizinto ezenziwe ngabantu, nokuba yile microwave kwigumbi lokuhlambela, iselfowuni kwindawo yokupaka, okanye nakwisathelayithi ekujikelezeni kwayo. Kananjalo, abaphandi bafaka zonke izinto ezifunyanisiweyo kuthotho lweetsheki ukuphelisa olo phazamiseko. Kodwa lo mqondiso mtsha, ubizwa ngokuba nguMgqatswa wokuMamela u-1 (okanye i-BLC1), uzicocile zonke ezi zinto zitshekishayo, okuthetha ukuba inokuba yeyangaphandle kwendalo.
Ngoku, ngaphambi kokuba uqale ukucinga ngamadoda amancinci aluhlaza, amaza kanomathotholo avela kwizinto ezininzi ezingekho krelekrele zasemhlabeni, kubandakanya ii-nebula, iipulsars, kunye neeplanethi ezinje ngeJupiter. Kodwa i-BLC1 ime ngaphandle kwemiqondiso ngenxa yokuhamba kwayo rhoqo-i-982 megahertz-engaqhelekanga kuyo nayiphi na into eyaziwayo ngokwendalo. Okwangoku, ekuphela komthombo esaziyo ngobuchwephesha, Ukuphumelela Mamela iprojekthi ekhokelela kwisazinzulu u-Andrew Siemion weYunivesithi yaseCalifornia, eBerkeley, uxelelwe Inzululwazi yaseMelika . Kodwa izinto ezenziwe ngabantu azihlali zivelisa amaza kanomathotholo kule frequency, nokuba.
Ngaba iBLC1 ingangumqondiso wobomi basemzini obukrelekrele? Kungenzeka, nangona kungenakwenzeka. Iqela licebisa ukuba mhlawumbi linomthombo ongabalulekanga- khange bazimisele okwangoku. Kodwa kwakhona, ngu-2020, kwaye ndisenalo uhlaselo lwasemzini oluvulekileyo kwikhadi lam leBhingo.