Mysterious Light Flashes Are Coming from Deep Space, and AI Just Found More of Them

Space.com ^ | Sept 11, 2018 | Mike Wall, Space.com Senior Writer

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[central_va]

3 billion light-years from Earth = Not walking distance.

[wally_bert]

Keep the moonbase interceptors on stand-by just in case....

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Ignore that “Kepler Search Space” notation in the first image I posted. It was just some random image I found to depict our approximate location in the Milky Way galaxy. Don’t know what it refers to.

[Mouton]

Anything with the technology or power to transverse that chasm we do not want here, even if they have a fake birth certificate.

[TomGuy]

ET left his spaceship turn signal blinkers on, again.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

When my brother moved to Alaska talking to him on the phone was difficult because there was a delay. That was very brief but still was a problem. I can’t imagine 3 billion years delay.

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3 billion light-years from Earth = Not walking distance.

That's 3 billion times ~6 trillion miles.

(3 x 10^9) x (6 x 10^12) = 18 x 10^21 = 1.8 x 10^22 miles

[Red Badger]

[Diana in Wisconsin]

“THEY’RE BAAAAACK!”

[central_va]

Better pack a lunch.

[Ezekiel]

3 billion light-years from Earth = Not walking distance.

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Mysterious Light Flashes

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“The only true wisdom is in knowing that we know nothing.” That's us, dude!

[Kommodor]

So how long before the moties get here?

[Fido969]

It's possible that the bursts are produced by intelligent extraterrestrials, perhaps to blast space-sailing craft through the cosmos at incredible speeds,

Scoff if you like, but, you know, if those extra-terrestrials were travelling at the speed of light, they'd be getting here just now.

[Leep]

Clear the landing strip!

[Grampa Dave]

Again, the evil Trump is responsible for these events!

[Flick Lives]

Mysterious light flashes? Somewhere on a distant planet a kid is shinning a flashlight up into the night sky and flicking the on off switch.

[Rapscallion]

JOKE: The astronomy professor was projecting an image of the galaxy nearest to earth. A student raised hand and looking at the screen, asked the professor “And where is the earth”. To which the professor said “Right under your feet.”

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Clear the landing strip!

Which one???