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Did Astronomers Find Evidence of an Alien Civilization? Probably Not. But Still Cool.
Slate ^ | October 14, 2015 | By Phil Plait

Posted on 10/15/2015 8:55:50 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee

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To: Brad from Tennessee

Just as naval ships use a signal lamp as a visual signaling device for optical communications so advanced alien lifeforms are using this star to signal other intelligent lifeforms.

/sarc. ... but, seriously, this is an interesting phenomenon that I will try to follow. Thanks for posting.


21 posted on 10/15/2015 11:10:38 PM PDT by House Atreides (CRUZ or lose! Does TG have to be an ass every day?)
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To: Crazieman

Well, I’m confident it’s not an alien structure orbiting the star using it as a power source. But very odd nonetheless and does not fit the pattern of what we’ve been seeing for a long time.


22 posted on 10/15/2015 11:19:54 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: faithhopecharity

They probably have us listed on their star maps thus: WARNING! ATTEMPT NO LANDING HERE!!!

;)


23 posted on 10/15/2015 11:31:52 PM PDT by Frank_2001
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Washington Post story on this subject posted earlier:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3349066/posts

The Atlantic:

http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2015/10/the-most-interesting-star-in-our-galaxy/410023/

The Economic Times:

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/science/kic-8462852-the-most-mysterious-star-in-our-galaxy/articleshow/49398780.cms

TIME

http://time.com/4074957/flickering-star-aliens/

CNN

http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/15/world/extraterrestrial-intelligence-anomaly/


24 posted on 10/15/2015 11:35:38 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee (A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
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To: Frank_2001

The abductiobs were just for taste- testing. —.hopefully we flunked that too


25 posted on 10/16/2015 12:29:14 AM PDT by faithhopecharity (Brilliant, funny, and incisive Tagline coming to this space soon.....)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

Ringworld? Well, why not? We already have Hindmost Obama on this planet....


26 posted on 10/16/2015 2:25:17 AM PDT by Hetty_Fauxvert ("Cruz." That's the answer. The question is obvious.)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Point an existing radio-telescope array at it and listen for a while. What’s the harm? What’s the cost?


27 posted on 10/16/2015 3:15:28 AM PDT by samtheman (2014: Voters elect Repubs to congress... 2015: Repubs defund NOTHING... 2016: Trump/(Cruz or Palin))
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Then there is that NSA document that provides information related to the slightly successful decoding of an ET signal. That document is available on the NSA public website.


28 posted on 10/16/2015 3:20:27 AM PDT by GingisK
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Neat story.


29 posted on 10/16/2015 3:39:49 AM PDT by un port en particulier (that's why I wander and follow la vie dansante)
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To: KevinDavis; annie laurie; Knitting A Conundrum; Viking2002; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Mmogamer; ...

The strange star that has serious scientists talking about an alien megastructure

 
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30 posted on 10/16/2015 3:54:55 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Almost like saying, “Look at all the galaxies! Ours has life, why not others? Hey, I may be on to something here... Dang, I think I may have discovered alien life out there!”


31 posted on 10/16/2015 4:47:41 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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32 posted on 05/22/2016 7:35:39 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
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33 posted on 05/22/2016 7:35:59 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Wouldn’t that merely indicate multiple planets, some of them large?


34 posted on 12/14/2021 2:39:58 PM PST by GingisK
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