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In a move to play increasingly role in global efforts to safeguard Planet Earth, China has recently begun constructing a new high-definition deep-space active observation facility in the country’s southwest Chongqing municipality, with goals including boosting its defense capability against near-Earth asteroid as well as sensing capability for the Earth-Moon system.
Alien-hunting astronomers in China and the US say they discovered a mysterious radio signal from the direction of an Earthlike planet. The narrowband signal picked up by the world's largest radio telescope was "meaningful", though further confirmation was needed, the scientists said. The candidate signal came from the direction of Kepler-438, a red dwarf star in the constellation.
As per Bloomberg, the report, all traces of which appear to have now been deleted, revealed that narrow-band electromagnetic signals were detected by the five-hundred-meter-diameter (1,600 feet).
The internet is abuzz with rumors that China may have picked up signals from an alien civilization. But the pings are probably just Earthly interference, experts say.