<font size="2"><font size="3">From the <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3763416/Is-Earth-contact… Daily Mail</a></font><br /><br /></font><p class="mol-para-with-font"><font style="font-size: 1.2em" size="3">A<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> spike in radio signals coming from the direction of a sun-like star has excited astronomers.</font></font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font"><font style="font-size: 1.2em" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">The signals seem to be originating from a sun-like star known as HD 164595 in the constellation Hercules, around 95 light years away.</font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font"><font style="font-size: 1.2em" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Scientists suggest they are likely to be the result of a natural phenomenon, such as 'microlensing', in which the star's gravity strengthens and focus signals from elsewhere. </font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font"><font style="font-size: 1.2em" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">But astronomers have also asked Seti (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) to take a closer look at whether they could be a message from ET. <br /></font></p><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><span><br />Read more: <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3763416/Is-Earth-contact…; style="color: #003399">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3763416/Is-Earth-contact…; <br />Follow us: <a href="http://ec.tynt.com/b/rw?id=bBOTTqvd0r3Pooab7jrHcU&u=MailOnline" target="_blank">@MailOnline on Twitter</a> | <a href="http://ec.tynt.com/b/rf?id=bBOTTqvd0r3Pooab7jrHcU&u=DailyMail" target="_blank">DailyMail on Facebook</a></span><br /></font>
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