Radio waves absent from the reputed megastructure-encompassed Kepler star?

universetoday.com ^ | November 9, 2015 | Dan Majaess

[BenLurkin]

Astronomers at the SETI institute (search for extraterrestrial intelligence) have reported their findings after monitoring the reputed megastructure-encompassed star KIC 8462852. No significant radio signals were detected in observations carried out from the Allen Telescope Array between October 15-30th (nearly 12 hours each day). However, there are caveats, namely that the sensitivity and frequency range were limited, and gaps existed in the coverage (e.g., between 6-7 Ghz).

Lead author Gerald Harp and the SETI team discussed the various ideas proposed to explain the anomalous Kepler brightness measurements of KIC 8462852, “The unusual star KIC 8462852 studied by the Kepler space telescope appears to have a large quantity of matter orbiting quickly about it. In transit, this material can obscure more than 20% of the light from that star. However, the dimming does not exhibit the periodicity expected of an accompanying exoplanet.” The team went on to add that, “Although natural explanations should be favored; e.g., a constellation of comets disrupted by a passing star (Boyajian et al. 2015), or gravitational darkening of an oblate star (Galasyn 2015), it is interesting to speculate that the occluding matter might signal the presence of massive astroengineering projects constructed in the vicinity of KIC 8462582 (Wright, Cartier et al. 2015).”

[Mr. K]

[G Larry]

That would be the

“Fully Attenuated Hole”

[L,TOWM]

Did they really just postulate that something is constructing a Dyson Sphere? Or do I need more coffee this morning?

[DannyTN]

Possibilities include:

• Nobody's home
• They gave up radio waves as primitive 100,000 years ago.
• They never discovered radio waves, but telepathy works well for them.
• They are masking their signals until their invasion fleet arrives.
• They are already here, and are just toying with us by making us think we are checking for signals.
• The mega-structure is really an invasion fleet from another civilization and they've already destroyed all broadcasting facilities.
• The mega-structure was built by an A.I. that has no need of broadcasting once it exterminated it's competition for resources.

[sten]

yes, this discovery came out about a month ago.

[brothers4thID]

BTT

[samtheman]

It’s 1480ly away. Pretty far for low power communications signals to endure.

Anyway, with a civilization that advanced, why would they use radio at all? Maybe it’s all laser communication, directly pointing source to destination, with no reflections out into the surrounding space.

Having said that, I am a doubter, and doubt there are aliens at work here.

[dhs12345]

Or maybe they heard us loud and clear and are amassing their invasion fleet as we speak. It will take them a few years too get here unless they have mastered interstellar travel.

[spokeshave]

Maybe its a death star being constructed...using its Sun energy for propulsion and weapons.

[UCANSEE2]

[martin_fierro]

[Larry Lucido]

Astronomers Found the Ghost of a Rare Giant Radio Galaxy

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3357968/posts

Dang galaxies and their loud radios.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

They turned off the radio due to too many commercials. We know how that is.

[Zathras]

It is Al Gore’s home planet and it froze solid after he left.

[BenLurkin]

[SamAdams76]

Why the Top 40? Why not the Top 25 or the Top 50?

Also, how did Casey Kasem get to be the "Top 40" guy? He was always annoying to listen too: "...and now, three men who hail from Australia and call themselves the Bee Gees...moving up eleven big spots this week, all the way up to number 13 with a bullet, here they are with their latest dance number to make a run for the top of the charts..."

And then you had those corny long distance dedications: "Judith Pedgrift from Joplin, Missouri writes in to tell us about her brother who abruptly left her to find fame and fortune in Hollywood, California and would like to dedicate So You Are A Star by the Hudson Brothers for him to wish him good luck..."

[uglybiker]

He was always annoying to listen too...

Almost as annoying as the stuff he played.