Hello? Anyone there? Scientists detect 'strong signals'. Could it be alien life?

By Bridie Smith
Updated August 31 2016 - 12:08am, first published August 30 2016 - 11:36pm
Russia's RATAN-600 radio telescope, which detected the signals in May 2015. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Russia's RATAN-600 radio telescope, which detected the signals in May 2015. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
A graph showing the signal spike, which came from the direction of star HD 164595. Photo: Bursov et al via centauri-dreams.org
A graph showing the signal spike, which came from the direction of star HD 164595. Photo: Bursov et al via centauri-dreams.org

"Strong signals", potentially linked to alien life, have been picked up by a radio telescope operating in a remote corner of Russia.