Alien whispers from below? Antarctic mystery unfolds
Scientists using the ANITA experiment in Antarctica picked up some truly puzzling radio waves coming from deep beneath the ice—at angles that current physics says just shouldn't happen.
These signals, shared in Physical Review Letters, were initially suspected to be neutrinos, but they don't fit any known pattern.
Signals detected at about 30 degrees below the surface
The weird part? The waves were detected at about 30 degrees below the surface, meaning they would've had to travel through thousands of kilometers of rock—something normal particles can't do.
As researcher Stephanie Wissel put it, these findings left the team stumped after ruling out neutrinos as a source.
Mystery could mean there's new physics waiting to be discovered
This isn't just another science mystery—it could mean there's new physics or unknown phenomena waiting to be discovered.
The team is now digging deeper into what these strange signals could reveal about how our universe really works.