5 billion-year-old deep space signal detected

[UM-Bot 8,108]

Astronomers in Australia have picked up cosmic radio waves originating from a distant galaxy.

The signal was detected by the Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder (ASKAP), a new radio telescope located approximately 300km inland from Geraldton on the country's west coast.

Read More: http://www.unexplain...signal-detected

[quasar_kid 72]

Maybe the birth of new stars, would be sweet!

[BeastieRunner 550]

Cool. I hope it lends itself to more discoveries like this.

[Taun 18,424]

If they ever find a way to decode it.. it will probably be some alien tapping a microphone and saying "Is this thing on?"...

[stevemagegod 475]

Dam 5 Billion Yars Old? The aliens in those Galaxies technology is probably so advanced that it looks like Magic.

[CRYSiiSx2 763]

You know our solar system alone is over 4bn years old right? Think I remember the Milky Way being a little over 13.

[Athena1979 168]

Wait...are they sure it isn't the microwave this time?

[jarjarbinks 300]

Mmmm some aliens probably sent a message to say "WE WILL COME EXTERMINATE YOU" . They did, but it was the dinosaurs.

Radio message takes a long time to reach here

[bubblykiss 9,668]

Was it a call from Intergalactic Bell offering me new savings on my long distance bill?

[toast 13,223]

So the signal was emitted 500 millions years b4 the Earth came into existence. Thats grazy.

[Junior Chubb 6,338]

Cosmic FM? I think I will tune in

[Sundew 2,929]

Cosmic FM? I think I will tune in

Playing such hits as:

"Ground Control to Major Tom..." Space Oddity, Bowie

"My love is alien, I picked her up by chance, she speaks to me, in ultra-high frequency..." Poor Boy, Split Enz

"I'm the Space Cowboy, bet you weren't ready for that..." Space Cowboy, Steve Miller Band

and so forth.

[Junior Chubb 6,338]

Playing such hits as:

"Ground Control to Major Tom..." Space Oddity, Bowie

"My love is alien, I picked her up by chance, she speaks to me, in ultra-high frequency..." Poor Boy, Split Enz

"I'm the Space Cowboy, bet you weren't ready for that..." Space Cowboy, Steve Miller Band

and so forth.

Starship Strooper by Yes.

Spaceman by Baylon Zoo

Outta space by The Prodigy

Intergalactic by The Beastie Boys

Rocket Man by Elton John

This could go on for some time, a few billion years maybe?

[Bavarian Raven 1,578]

Universes older SOS?

[Melgwenen 1]

I bet it'll be that galaxies version of a candy crush request.

[lilnat89 5]

wow over 5billion years old that's crazy . amazing x