Scientists discovered a radio signal from the nearest star and want to know if it s from aliens Salon 12/23/2020 Getty Images
Scientists at an Australian observatory have been studying a radio signal that appears to originate in Proxima Centauri, the star closest to the sun, to see if it may be a sign of intelligent life.
A narrow beam of radio waves was detected over a period of 30 hours in April and May 2019 by the Parkes telescope in Australia, according to The Guardian. The researchers studying the wave emission have not yet been able to identify any Earthly origin, whether a satellite in or something on the ground. As a result, scientists at the Breakthrough Listen project an organization based at the University of California, Berkeley that searches for radio signals from intelligent extraterrestrial life forms in the universe believe that the radio signal could originate from extraterrestrial intelligent life.