![Could hidden alien probes circle our sun as part of an extraterrestrial communication network? A new study investigated the possibility.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Usjd5JLpb5zzpQ9GrzVK8f-320-80.jpg)
Is the sun a node in a gigantic alien space internet? Scientists scanned the skies to check.
Through a phenomenon known as gravitational lensing, aliens could be transmitting signals using the sun, but a quick scan for such signals has turned up nothing.