[JimSEA]

Okay, this is being made a big deal of in a certain UK paper that cannot be named. It's an interesting hypothesis but it seems that too many stars are emitting these signals. That would suppose a huge civilization. I'll be waiting for more.

[GraceG]

I really have to wonder if they are using news like this to “break it to us gently” the crap they neglected to tell us over 80 years ago....

Ever hear of the Brookings Report?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brookings_Report

It wouldn’t surprise me if they used such info for their own means in government, i mean they ARE in government...

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

Probably just the signals from Soros’ home planet to turn the voting machine votes into rat votes.

[Paladin2]

This is retaliation for sending the Dr. Phil Show out to the entire Universe.

[RightGeek]

I’m not saying it’s aliens, but....

[CurlyDave]

...It's an interesting hypothesis but it seems that too many stars are emitting these signals. That would suppose a huge civilization...

This is not necessarily true.

Numerous civilizations all doing similar things would produce the same observation.

This does not even require invention of the same technique by numerous groups. One species sends a signal another one sees it and says: "hey, we can do that too..."

Or a civilization achieves travel to a nearby star and sends a signal from there -- much smarter than putting up a billboard that says: "come and get us."

[Ken H]

I find that smile disturbing...

[bigbob]

Little green men flashing little green lasers at passing spacecraft

[Gideon7]

We consider several possibilities, such as rotational transitions in molecules, rapid pulsations, Fourier transform of spectral lines and signals generated by Extraterrestrial Intelligence (ETI). They cannot be generated by molecules or rapid pulsations. It is highly unlikely that they come from the Fourier transform of spectral lines because too many strong lines located at nearly periodic frequencies are needed...

Ok, stop right here.

'rotational transitions in molecules'

'cannot be generated by molecules or rapid pulsations.'

'It is highly unlikely that they come from the Fourier transform of spectral lines'

This is gibberish.

Molecules do not 'transition'. Energy levels do. 'Generated by molecules'? There are no molecules in a star, too hot. Don't you mean emitted photons emitted during stellar fusion? 'Fourier transform of spectral lines'? Don't you mean a power spectrum?

Oh forget it.

The fact that half of the abstract talks about aliens should have been a clue even for a layman.

Did somebody actually publish this?

[zeugma]

Bfl

[Moonman62]

Although unlikely, there is also a possibility that the signals are due to highly peculiar chemical compositions in a small fraction of galactic halo stars.

...

It would be much more likely than ETI.

[DannyTN]

Could be a loop...

[LouieFisk]

Meh, if this were ETs sending out the Batsignal, it doesn’t matter. They’re all dead for some 10 thousand years or so now.

[Ransomed]

Simply things like black holes and pulsars within efficient Dyson spheres leaking out a little.

Freegards

[spokeshave]

Just a single ping Vasili

[Noumenon]

Those darned XeeLee are at it again. Type III civilization performance art.