There are radio waves and signals coming towards us from all corners of the Universe causing a lot of noise in the night sky.
But while we may know where the majority of them are coming from there are some that are puzzling some of our astronomers.
Jonathan was joined by Dr Vikram Ravi, Assistant Professor of Astronomy at Caltech University to discuss.
Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
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