It was the first trial of new technology developed in Australia by astronomers and engineers at the national science agency, CSIRO.

In short:

Australian researchers have detected more than 20 mysterious signals in space using new technology developed by CSIRO.

The technology, CRACO, examines trillions of pixels it receives by telescope to identify anomalies.

The study results have been published in the peer-reviewed Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia.