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Sci Tech    H4'ed 8/30/16

Not a Drill: SETI Is Investigating a Possible ET Signal From Space

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"An international team of scientists from the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) is investigating mysterious signal spikes emitting from a 6.3-billion-year-old star in the constellation Hercules—95 light years away from Earth. The implications are extraordinary and point to the possibility of a civilization far more advanced than our own. The unusual signal was originally detected on May 15, 2015, by the Russian Academy of Science-operated RATAN-600 radio telescope in Zelenchukskaya, Russia, but was kept secret from the international community.The signal is provocative enough that they are calling for permanent monitoring of this target. And that’s exactly what is transpiring. As of last night, SETI is diverting its Allen Telescope Array in northern California to investigate."

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