Aliens could use quantum particles to communicate with us through space

Physicists modelled how X-ray photons would travel large interstellar distances

They found the photon message would be unlikely to encounter any obstacles

However humans would require a powerful quantum computer to decode them

A team from the University of Edinburgh ran calculations on the movement of X-rays across the emptiness of space to see if they would encounter any obstructions.

Quantum particles, like photons of light, are fragile and could easily break down if they meet any kind of interference, like from a gravitational field.

However it was determined that the quanta could survive travelling hundreds of thousands of light-years at least – a greater stretch of distance than the entire Milky Way galaxy.