Strange signals from the star are 11 light years from Earth

Arecibo observatory in Puerto Rico obtains radio signals emitted by a red dwarf star 11 light years from Earth.

Scientists at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico on May 12 discovered abnormal radio signals that were most likely coming from Ross 128, a red dwarf , fainter than the Sun 2,800 times, 11 Earth Light years, according to Business Insider.

Arecibo Radio Telescope started collecting data for SETI since 1999. (Photo: Wikipedia).

Abel Méndez, a cosmologist at the University of Puerto Rico, said that when he looked at Ross 128 for 10 minutes, he found the signal strength increased and almost cyclical. It is difficult to confirm that this is an alien signal, but this possibility is still possible.

"The observation angle of the Arecibo Observatory is very wide, so the mysterious signal may not be due to the star but from another object, such as the alien communication satellite , " Méndez said. .

However, some scientists hypothesize that radio signals originate from comets or energy outbreaks on the star's surface. Similar explosions on the surface of the Sun create magnetic storms, damage satellites, grid systems, terrestrial communication systems and endanger astronauts.

Méndez said scientists used the Arecibo Observatory to observe Ross 128 again from July 16 to gather more data.