Have you ever wondered if extraterrestrial civilizations could harness the power of cosmic events to travel through space? Imagine a crowd of surfers on a Hawaiian beach, riding a powerful wave to accelerate to high speeds. What if, instead of waves, we're talking about the flash of light from an exploding star? Could an alien civilization use this phenomenon to propel themselves across the galaxy?
In the vast tapestry of the cosmos, a question has echoed through the ages: Are we alone? This query, as old as human curiosity itself, took on a new dimension in 1967 when Jocelyn Burnell, a postgraduate student at Cambridge University, stumbled upon something extraordinary.