Mystery ‘Alien’ Radio Signal from Deep Space Captured Live (+Video)

Mystery ‘Alien’ Radio Signal from Deep Space Captured Live

A mysterious radio signal which may have come from a black hole, a neutron star or even an alien civilisation, has been picked up by astronomers.
Fast radio bursts, which last only milliseconds, are quick, bright flashes of radio waves from unknown sources in the universe, which emit as much energy as the Sun does in an entire day.

Now, for the first time, the mysterious phenomenon has been observed happening live.
Exactly what may be causing the signal is hotly debated by scientists. Possibilities range from evaporating black holes to alien communication and merging neutron stars

“These events are one of the biggest mysteries in the universe,” said Carnegie Observatories’ acting director John Mulchaey.
“Until now, astronomers were not able to catch one of these events in the act. 

THE TELEGRAPH  http://tinyurl.com/qzpant3
 

ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY (GB)
Cosmic radio burst caught red-handed  https://www.ras.org.uk/news-and-press/2578-cosmic-radio-burst-caught-red-handed

Considering the vastness of space, the immensity of the cosmos we search, it seems unlikely that we would ever find evidence of extraterrestrial life in the form of beacons or radio messages.

However, perhaps that is not the case at all, maybe the messages from aliens are frequent and we are just not looking in the right part of the sky at the proper time

Moreover, perhaps we are not detecting alien signals because we are misinterpreting them. Some wonder if pulsars—quickly rotating neutron stars that periodically emit radiation—could be alien beacons. 

THE EPOCH TIMES http://tinyurl.com/p6a42mh
 

A schematic illustration of CSIRO’s Parkes radio telescope receiving the polarised signal from the new ‘fast radio burst’. Credit: Swinburne Astronomy Productions