Unexplained lights in sky could be alien structures or ‘communication lasers’, scientists say

Scientists are investigating strange blinking lights in the sky for indications that they are signs of “interstellar communication lasers” or alien structures.

A number of appearing and vanishing objects have been spotted among the stars and are puzzling the scientists who are trying to understand what they are.

Astronomers believe the lights will probably be coming from “natural, if somewhat extreme, astrophysical sources”. But they are yet to find any explanation, after discovering 100 of the lights.

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Whatever scientists find it likely to change our understanding of space, potentially ushering in a “new astrophysics”, scientists said.

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