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Alien messages may have reached Earth without us realizing it

Researchers say stellar winds and coronal mass ejections can broaden narrow alien radio signals, with M-dwarf stars especially likely to mask them.

Summary by Science Daily
A new SETI study suggests we may be overlooking alien signals not because they aren't there, but because their own stars are scrambling them before they escape into space. Turbulent plasma and powerful stellar storms can spread an ultra-narrow radio transmission across a wider range of frequencies, making it much harder for traditional searches to spot. The effect could be especially important around M-dwarf stars, the most common stars in the M…

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Science Daily broke the news in Encinitas, United States on Wednesday, November 4, 2026.
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