Do You Hear Me Now? 'Strong Signal' From Sun-like Star Sparks Alien Speculation

By Editorial Staff in Science and Technology On 31st August 2016
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Humans have already discovered 2,000 exoplanets in our Universe, with over 500 discovered this year alone. These planets are potentially suitable for life and have the right conditions to support it, including perhaps oxygen, carbon, and water.

Our continued study of space has only led us to realize that it is very likely that the Universe is absolutely teeming with life, especially when you take into account that there are an estimated 100 billion galaxies in our Universe.

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(CNN) Astronomers engaged in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) are training their instruments on a star around 94 light years from Earth after a very strong signal was detected by a Russian telescope. An international team of researchers is now examining the radio signal and its star, HD 164595 described in a paper by Italian astronomer Claudio Maccone and others as a "strong candidate for SETI" in the hopes of determining its origin. "The signal from HD 164595 is intriguing, because it comes from the vicinity of a sun-like star, and if it's artificial, its strength is great enough that it was clearly made by a civilization with capabilities beyond those of humankind," astronomer Douglas Vakoch, president of METI International, which searches for life beyond Earth, tells CNN.

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#3 UFO ALIEN DISCLOSURE By Canadian Minister of Defence MAY 2013

#4 'Strong signal' from sun like star sparks alien speculation CNN com