Skip to comments.
Earth 'Noise' Could Attract Alien Invaders
New Scientist ^
| 5-3-2008
Posted on 05/03/2008 1:07:20 PM PDT by blam
Earth 'noise' could attract alien invaders
03 May 2008
From New Scientist Print Edition.
No matter how quiet we try to be now it's too late to prevent alien invaders. So says Alexander Zaitsev of the Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics in Moscow, Russia, who points the finger at astronomers.
For 40 years, astronomers have fired microwaves off objects to chart near-Earth space and track the movement of close asteroids - and these signals are traceable back to us. By comparison, Zaitsev says, dedicated transmissions - often described as "shouting into an unknown jungle" - are a mere whisper. He calculates the astronomy signals have filled an area of the sky 2000 times greater than dedicated broadcasts have managed to date (www.arxiv.org/0804.2754).
(Excerpt) Read more at space.newscientist.com ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alien; astronomy; earth; invaders; noise
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-40, 41-60, 61-80 ... 101-103 next last
To: Man50D
Hopefully it's not: "Be vewy, vewy qwiet -- we'w hunting earfwings..."
41
posted on
05/03/2008 1:48:27 PM PDT
by
mikrofon
To: blam
Let's hope that the evil bug-eyed aliens coming here from 80 light years away are just big fans of the Jack Benny radio show and want some delicious Grape Nuts Flakes® and JELL-O® in strawberry, raspberry, orange, lemon, and lime.
To: uglybiker
Great!
btw, do ya know the episode/title of that one?
I want to look it up and watch it again.
43
posted on
05/03/2008 1:49:03 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(I reserve the right to misinterpret the comments of any and all posters)
To: Psycho_Bunny
Well, they could be multilegged large mouthed intelligent beings whose favorite delicacy is bipeds, soft on the outside and crunchy on the inside.
44
posted on
05/03/2008 1:49:11 PM PDT
by
going hot
(Happiness is a momma deuce)
To: blam
What happens if they find V?Y?GER?
To: UCANSEE2
He’s still posting, (but not here,) and educating those who wish to discuss and learn science stuff.
46
posted on
05/03/2008 1:52:32 PM PDT
by
ASA Vet
(Do we really want Huma answering the White House phone at 3 AM?)
To: UCANSEE2
The title was: Cancelled.
Forget which season.
47
posted on
05/03/2008 1:54:02 PM PDT
by
uglybiker
(I do not suffer from mental illness. I quite enjoy it, actually.)
To: Psycho_Bunny
It is more probable that a civilizations advance into technology is inverse to its tendency to be aggressive.Your odds are based solely on the physiological ruminations of a human brain on planet Earth. There is no way to lay odds on an alien view of "morality" and "ethics".
48
posted on
05/03/2008 1:55:45 PM PDT
by
JoJo Gunn
(Help control the McCainiac population. Have them spayed or neutered.)
To: Steve Van Doorn
“you are saying people on FR force off those that have PhD in specific subjects?”
Sorry to butt in, but I think it’s limited to forcing off posters who really are smarter than everyone else. The subject isn’t that important. Neither is the PhD, or any other scrolls (diplomas).
49
posted on
05/03/2008 1:55:46 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(I reserve the right to misinterpret the comments of any and all posters)
To: blam
50
posted on
05/03/2008 1:56:51 PM PDT
by
skimask
(Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience)
To: blam
51
posted on
05/03/2008 1:57:39 PM PDT
by
Tut
To: ASA Vet
52
posted on
05/03/2008 1:57:40 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(I reserve the right to misinterpret the comments of any and all posters)
To: Cementjungle
Time to stock up on ammo. Judging by the ability of the fed to protect us from the alien invaders from the south, I think its safe to assume you'll be on you own in this case.
53
posted on
05/03/2008 1:58:07 PM PDT
by
kitchen
(Any day without a fair tax thread is a good day.)
To: blam
Foolish Humans. Soon your incessant chattering will have led us to you.
You are DOOMED!!!!!!!!!!!!
54
posted on
05/03/2008 1:58:21 PM PDT
by
aomagrat
(Gun owners who vote for democrats are too stupid to own guns.)
To: uglybiker
That’s enough. I’ll find it from there. Thanks.
55
posted on
05/03/2008 1:59:02 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(I reserve the right to misinterpret the comments of any and all posters)
To: UCANSEE2
Give them a ticket!
To: going hot
That sounds like a lot of horror movies.
We’re more likely to meet aliens in our lifetime as our own creations, whether genetically enhanced humans, “uplifted” dolphins or chimps, or just sentient computers.
57
posted on
05/03/2008 2:04:20 PM PDT
by
tbw2
("Sirat: Through the Fires of Hell" by Tamara Wilhite - on amazon.com)
To: blam; Bender2
"Ack! Ack Ack!"
58
posted on
05/03/2008 2:04:42 PM PDT
by
big'ol_freeper
("Preach the Gospel always, and when necessary use words". ~ St. Francis of Assisi)
To: JoJo Gunn
(Thanks. I was trying to figure out how to say the same thing. Now I can go look at the cool pictures, instead)
59
posted on
05/03/2008 2:05:25 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(I reserve the right to misinterpret the comments of any and all posters)
To: blam
No matter how quiet we try to be now it's too late to prevent alien invaders. Geez... And here I thought I killed all the space invaders on my Atari years ago.
60
posted on
05/03/2008 2:08:42 PM PDT
by
mtg
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-40, 41-60, 61-80 ... 101-103 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson
