---
title: "5-Billion-Year-Old Signal Detected from Deep Space as Part of Australian Satellite Project"
description: "A satellite project based in a remote part of Australia has picked up an ancient signal that sprung from deep space."
date: "2015-07-06"
modified: "2015-08-13"
authors:
  - name: "Alex Klokus"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/alex-klokus"
url: "https://futurism.com/5-billion-year-old-signal-detected-from-deep-space-as-part-of-australian-satellite-project"
categories:
  - "Off-World"
  - "Space"
tags:
  - "space"
---

# 5-Billion-Year-Old Signal Detected from Deep Space as Part of Australian Satellite Project

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- The team says it has picked up cosmic radio waves originating from the galaxy PKS B1740-517 and states the signal is five billion years old.
- The tiny signal is said to have a cold hydrogen gas "imprint", which is the foundation of the formation of new stars – something that it would have travelled to on its way to Earth.
- The ASKAP project is unique in that it is "exceptionally" radio quiet – meaning it is not plagued by radio interference, which the team says "gives us a better chance of finding something new".

### Author social links  
[LinkedIn](<https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexklokus>)