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Radio Signal Found From Nearest Star To Sun: ‘First Serious Candidate’ Since 1977 Of Extraterrestrial Life

Hank Berrien
Radio Signal Found From Nearest Star To Sun: ‘First Serious Candidate’ Since 1977 Of Extraterrestrial Life
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Scientists who look for extraterrestrial life have reported a radio signal coming from the direction of the nearest star to the sun, Proxima Centauri, triggering one scientist to say it was the “first serious candidate” since the “Wow! signal” discovered in 1977 of extraterrestrial life.

“The narrow beam of radio waves was picked up during 30 hours of observations by the Parkes telescope in Australia in April and May last year … Analysis of the beam has been under way for some time and scientists have yet to identify a terrestrial culprit such as ground-based equipment or a passing satellite,” the Guardian reported.

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