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Radio wave bursts detected from roughly 3 billion light years away.

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LookAtMeGo

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This detection follows 11 previously recorded outbursts of radio waves from the same location, the only known repeater in a class of enigmatic eruptions known as fast radio bursts.

The origins of these radio bursts, 18 of which have been reported since 2007, are an ongoing puzzle. The continuing barrage from this repeating source, roughly 3 billion light-years away in the constellation Auriga, implies that whatever is causing some radio bursts is not a one-time destructive event such as a collision or explosion. Flares from a young neutron star, the dense core left behind after a massive star explodes, are a promising candidate.
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https://www.sciencenews.org/article/more-fast-radio-bursts-detected-same-location

Cool. I love space mysteries. Neutron star? Or aliens?

Abduct me if old.
 
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Krakn3Dfx

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My vote is for aliems.

Hopefully this is Klaatu come to save us from Trump.

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HStallion

Now what's the next step in your master plan?
At 3 billion light years away even if it was somehow aliens they have been dead since before life went Multicellular on Earth.

Anyways its not aliens
 
RPGCrazied

RPGCrazied

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I believe in life somewhere in space, but I think we won't see any of them in our lifetimes, maybe our kid's lifetimes, its far off.
 
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gutshot

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The amount of energy needed to transmit detectable radio wave bursts 3 billion light years away has to be immense.
 
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Tagyhag

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HStallion said:
At 3 billion light years away even if it was somehow aliens they have been dead since before life went Multicellular on Earth.

Anyways its not aliens
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This is what always blows me away when it comes to space. Looking through windows of the past.
 
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The Beard

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The radio wave originated 3 billion years ago? If it was intelligent life, they probably went extent over 2 billion years ago.
 
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Grenchel

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Are we able to distinguish between something potentially deliberate to something that can be explained by a natural occurance?

Seriously asking. I am stupid.
 
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Stinkles

Clothed, sober, cooperative
Grenchel said:
Are we able to distinguish between something potentially deliberate to something that can be explained by a natural occurance?

Seriously asking. I am stupid.
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We don't know enough about weird extra galactic phenomenon to know for sure of something is organic and natural or strictures and intelligent. For example when pulsates were first discovered we thought they might be intelligence - but turns out they are just highly regular.
 
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adj_noun

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This just in live from the lab, scientists are decoding the alien radio transmission right now! I can see them writing letters on a chalkboard!

B....E....S....U...R...E....T....O...D....R...I...N...K...Y...O...U...R...O...V...A...L...T...I...

Now the scientists have stopped translating. One of them is yelling about a crummy commercial.

More as this develops!
 
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Alienous

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"Sir, we're decoding the transmission"

" ! , what does it say"

"It translates to ... S ... E ... N ... oh..."

"What is it? Oh god, is it a declaration of war!?"

"No, it just says 'Send porn', over and over".
 
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Username1198

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Them aliens need to keep their mouths shut if trump finds out he's gonna nuke em.

Damn what if here are the illega aliens trump hates so much and he's just trying to protect us???????

BUILD A space wall?
 
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Lovely Salsa

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Stinkles said:
We don't know enough about weird extra galactic phenomenon to know for sure of something is organic and natural or strictures and intelligent. For example when pulsates were first discovered we thought they might be intelligence - but turns out they are just highly regular.
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Then whats the point of SETI

We'll never know if aliens send us signals since they dont speak english
 
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Figboy79

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Escape Goat said:
Drink more ovaltine.
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adj_noun said:
This just in live from the lab, scientists are decoding the alien radio transmission right now! I can see them writing letters on a chalkboard!

B....E....S....U...R...E....T....O...D....R...I...N...K...Y...O...U...R...O...V...A...L...T...I...

Now the scientists have stopped translating. One of them is yelling about a crummy commercial.

More as this develops!
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I warms my heart whenever I see people say this. A Christmas Story should be required viewing.
 
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Htown

STOP SHITTING ON MY MOTHER'S HEADSTONE
Grenchel said:
Are we able to distinguish between something potentially deliberate to something that can be explained by a natural occurance?

Seriously asking. I am stupid.
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If it's deliberate, it's not deliberately aimed for us.
 
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FyreWulff

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Grenchel said:
Are we able to distinguish between something potentially deliberate to something that can be explained by a natural occurance?

Seriously asking. I am stupid.
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Nope. It's the problem with confirmation interplanetary communication, technically another civilizatin's communication could be so complex that it just looks like noise to us
 
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