After spotting the strange signal in May, Méndez did what a good scientist always does: He took a closer look. But jumping to “aliens” at the slightest mention of a strange signal kind of misses the point, Méndez said. Something as small as a cellphone can create interference that disturbs radio telescope observations. In addition, it's possible that the signal is coming from another source in space that the astronomers haven't identified yet. Researchers at the Green Bank radio telescope in West Virginia and the Allen Telescope Array in California also tuned into the star last weekend.

Source: Washington Post July 19, 2017 16:43 UTC