Holy crap! Students at Durban University of Technology detected a signal using a recently tuned-up radio telescope have detected a “strong” radio signal from outside our solar system. After honing the sensitivity on the Indlebe Radio Telescope, situated on the Steve Biko campus of the Durban University of Technology in South Africa, the students received a strong signal from the Sagittarius A radio source, located toward the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

“It’s unbelievable. It’s definitely a great relief for us because now we know that the radio telescope works. The students were excited and shocked at the same time,” said project leader Stuart MacPherson.

“It’s still early days, but we will move on to bigger things. We are going to increase the sensitivity of the system. The radio telescope will be used for years to come,” he added.

The signal discovery triggers speculation of the existence of alien life. Especially because of where it orginates. Also located in the Sagittarius A solar system is Gilese 581 c, an Earth-like planet thought as the most likely known location for alien life.

So if we send a signal back, I say we Rick Roll ‘em…