The astronomy world was abuzz after a report came out that China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), also nicknamed the "Sky Eye Telescope," may have detected a radio signal originating from an alien civilization.
News of the possibility of such a signal detection by the massive radio telescope was reported in multiple media outlets — including Business Insider and USA Today — and stemmed from a report that was published by Science and Technology Daily, which is the official newspaper of the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China.
