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Cosmos
2019 · Film · 128 min
Directed by Elliot Weaver, Zander Weaver
Three astronomers accidentally intercept what they believe to be a signal from a distant alien civilization, but the truth is even more incredible than any of them could have imagined.
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I don't know about a book. But this reminded me of a good new movie "Cosmos (2019)". They used custom made hardware/software to find a signal from space. IMDB Summary: "Cosmos explores the thrilling first hours of first contact when three astronomers accidentally intercept what they believe to be a faint, coded signal from a distant alien civilisation." https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4477292/
Almost but not quite completely off topic: a very low budget sci-fi film was released last year or so with the unfortunately overloaded name "Cosmos"[1] - the protagonists are doing radio astronomy from the back of their Volvo. I really enjoyed the movie - it just enough science explainers so people unfamiliar wouldn't get lost, but it wasn't dumbed down.
This was a side project of a few people that had previously been making documentaries for NASA, and you could feel that "swelling music new frontiers and science" vibe you might from a decent documentary.
[1]. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4477292/