Radio signals from beyond?

[ddd999]

"Scientists in South Africa have detected radio signals from beyond the solar system for the first time – prompting a wave of excitement over who, or what, might have sent it. The signal is the most significant of its kind since radio telescopes started operating in the 1960s.

The discovery was made by the Indlebe Radio Telescope at Durban’s Technology University.

A strong radio signal, possibly of alien origin, was detected at around 21:14 local time on July 28. It came from Sagittarius A, the centre of the Milky Way Galaxy, approximately 30,000 light years away.

The received data will shortly be made available to experts who can use it to create a graph."

Durban University of Technology LINK:
http://www.dut.ac.za/DealerNews/newsdetails.asp?newsitem=3197

Is this geniune?

 

[schticknz]

Is this geniune?

I think someone is getting their wires crossed somewhere. The telescope is a "radio telescope" designed to pick up radio sources. And it looks like it has just been switched on, and has picked up its first radio source outside the solar system.

There are literally quite a few radio sources out there in space ... I don't think that they meant that the radio signal was from some other civilisation ... unfortunately ... so nothing to see here ... carry onnnnn

 

[Kieran]

"Scientists in South Africa have detected radio signals from beyond the solar system for the first time – prompting a wave of excitement over who, or what, might have sent it. The signal is the most significant of its kind since radio telescopes started operating in the 1960s.

The discovery was made by the Indlebe Radio Telescope at Durban’s Technology University.

A strong radio signal, possibly of alien origin, was detected at around 21:14 local time on July 28. It came from Sagittarius A, the centre of the Milky Way Galaxy, approximately 30,000 light years away.

The received data will shortly be made available to experts who can use it to create a graph."

Durban University of Technology LINK:
http://www.dut.ac.za/DealerNews/newsdetails.asp?newsitem=3197

Is this geniune?[/quote Look at the last few lines of this statement from the durban university,, this explains how significant this discovery really is to life existing outside our solar system. notting i believe