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A strange signal in China's giant dish

Found in data from the world's largest radio telescope in China.

Alien hunters' kind of signal

A narrow frequency line that shifted gradually over time in reanalyzed data.

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Frequency of the signal

1,148

MHz, where the signal appeared while the dish was aimed at K2-155.

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Which beams caught it

1

Central beam

18

Other beams

Nothing similar appeared in the other beams, which scanned nearby sky.

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do not establish the signal’s origin

The researchers, in The Astronomical Journal

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Only one reception channel

Strong in one of two reception channels, a possible sign of receiver trouble.

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Same kind of signal elsewhere

Three other star systems showed similar signals at nearby frequencies.

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The full findings

The machine-learning screen, the Doppler shift and the signs of human interference.

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