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'Alien megastructure' 1,400 light years away will be looked at for signs of life [tr]
UK Daily Mail ^ | October 26, 2016 | Ryan O'Hare

Posted on 10/26/2016 10:34:11 AM PDT by C19fan

Scientists scanning the night sky in the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence are turning their telescopes towards a mysterious star, which had been flagged as an ‘alien megastructure’. As part of a $100 million (£81 million) project, backed by Stephen Hawking, astronomers will target the strange stellar object which has baffled scientists since its discovery. Called Tabby’s Star, its regular cycles of dimming have been claimed by some to be a sign of intelligent beings – warranting enough interest for a closer look.

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Science; UFO's; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: aliens
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I'm not saying it's aliens but it's aliens.
1 posted on 10/26/2016 10:34:11 AM PDT by C19fan
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I’m not saying it’s aliens but it’s grant money.


2 posted on 10/26/2016 10:35:12 AM PDT by thoughtomator (This election is a referendum on the Rule of Law)
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I’m not saying it’s Tabby, but it’s Tabby.


3 posted on 10/26/2016 10:35:34 AM PDT by sparklite2 (I'm less interested in the rights I have than the liberties I can take.)
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Regular cycles of dimming can be due to a large planet or dark companion star passing between the star and the telescope. But that theory would not tend to justify more grants to “study” it...


4 posted on 10/26/2016 10:38:57 AM PDT by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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“have been claimed by some to be a sign of intelligent beings”

then why do they keep doing anal probes? s/


5 posted on 10/26/2016 10:39:07 AM PDT by max americana (fired every liberal in our company at every election cycle..and laughed at their faces (true story))
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To: thoughtomator

Exactly! So much ‘science’ is manufactured to gather in the all important grant $.


6 posted on 10/26/2016 10:40:04 AM PDT by 556x45
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To: C19fan

A clear case of being so brilliant that your a total moron.


7 posted on 10/26/2016 10:40:13 AM PDT by Dogbert41 (All the days of my life were written in your book before there was one of them!)
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Eggheads don’t want 9 to 5 jobs like everyone else, so...grant money.


8 posted on 10/26/2016 10:44:23 AM PDT by simpson96
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It’s the Debbie WS mother ship.


9 posted on 10/26/2016 10:44:51 AM PDT by Darteaus94025 (Can't have a Liberal without a Lie)
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Buck Murdock: Oh, cut the bleeding heart crap, will ya? We’ve all got our switches, lights, and knobs to deal with, Striker. I mean, down here there are literally hundreds and thousands of blinking, beeping, and flashing lights, blinking and beeping and flashing - they’re *flashing* and they’re *beeping*. I can’t stand it anymore! They’re *blinking* and *beeping* and *flashing*! Why doesn’t somebody pull the plug!


10 posted on 10/26/2016 10:53:07 AM PDT by DannyTN
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>A clear case of being so brilliant that your a total moron.

Maybe you're on to something there, FRiend. :)
11 posted on 10/26/2016 10:55:08 AM PDT by lefty-lie-spy (Stay metal. For the Horde \m/("_")\m/ - via iPhone from Tokyo.)
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Steven Hawking is a full on nutcase, sorry ...


12 posted on 10/26/2016 10:56:07 AM PDT by Scythian_Reborn
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Why can’t they use the proper term for “alien megastructure”? (Death star)


13 posted on 10/26/2016 10:56:18 AM PDT by ConservativeDude
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I’m not saying it’s aliens but it’s grant money.

POST OF THE INTERNET !!!!
14 posted on 10/26/2016 10:56:44 AM PDT by Scythian_Reborn
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....or a fly on the lens................


15 posted on 10/26/2016 11:05:47 AM PDT by Red Badger (WhereÂ’s that VIDEO the Anonymous group promised us????????????)
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It’s just the c-beams glittering in the dark near Tannhauser Gate.


16 posted on 10/26/2016 11:10:55 AM PDT by oblomov (We have passed the point where "law," properly speaking, has any further application. - C. Thomas)
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The cycles of dimming are neither regular nor predictable.


17 posted on 10/26/2016 11:21:25 AM PDT by mcshot (The "Greatest Generation" would never have allowed the trashing of our Republic.)
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everyone knows that George Lucas never had an original idea...we finally found the Death Star in the galaxy far far away.


18 posted on 10/26/2016 11:23:12 AM PDT by PCPOET7
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This is such a ridiculous waste of money. So what if it's aliens? Meaningful communication is impossible. Faster that light travel is IMPOSSIBLE. Just like -- and I hate to disappoint all the jobless losers living in their parent's basement -- light sabres are IMPOSSIBLE!
19 posted on 10/26/2016 11:27:03 AM PDT by delete306
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A clear case of being so brilliant that your a total moron.

Newton, Einstein, Hawking all peaked at about age 26. That's surprisingly true for most professions, from egg heads to pole dancers. Many physicists go totally moonbat by the time they reach retirement.

It's so important for young people to make their first billion or whatever by age 30, because after that it's probably not happening. The worst choice many talented young people can make is wasting their 20s being indoctrinated in a libtard reeducation camp.

20 posted on 10/26/2016 11:29:54 AM PDT by Reeses (A journey of a thousand miles begins with a government pat down.)
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