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Mysterious radio bursts from space may soon have an explanation (wow, what could they be?)
MSN ^ | 12 hours ago | Seth Shostak

Posted on 09/04/2019 1:07:21 AM PDT by cba123

This article is not copying for me, but I have heard about this before.

What if it's simply things flying in front of the radio telescope?

What say FReepers?

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: astronomy; misc; science; stringtheory
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To: cba123

What could “they” be? How about, what could IT be? Something that puts out enough energy in a split second to power the world for centuries. Rather than speculate that vast intelligences, which we do not know exist, are chatting with one another, or trying to chat with us, how about we stick with things that we do know exist and which can generate that much energy... supernovae, colliding neutron stars, etc.? I betcha that’s where the smart money is.


61 posted on 09/04/2019 1:51:05 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: Buckeye McFrog

No I’m not! You made that up.


62 posted on 09/04/2019 1:53:37 PM PDT by MHGinTN (A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: SaveFerris

I remember seeing that movie in the drive-in in San Diego. Wasn’t bad.


63 posted on 09/04/2019 1:55:12 PM PDT by RandallFlagg (Fact: Gun control laws kill innocents.)
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To: RandallFlagg

I liked it a lot. The 2nd one was horrible. Just awful.

The first one was awesome. A bunch of liberal Global Warming propaganda but it was fun.


64 posted on 09/04/2019 1:59:14 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: momincombatboots

Astrophysics. I have never heard ANY astrophysicist say conclusively and unequivocally that we humans here on Earth are the only form of life in the universe. If this universe, with more galaxies in it then there are grains of sand on a beach and to think that if you were to scoop up a handful of that sand and see only one blue and white grain of sand, then you and anyone else is a moron.


65 posted on 09/04/2019 2:12:27 PM PDT by jmacusa ("If wisdom is not the Lord, what is wisdom?''.)
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To: SaveFerris

Most Patrick Muldoon sci-fi movies I try to avoid, except Starship Troopers.
Stear clear of Ice Spiders. Terrible movie.


66 posted on 09/04/2019 2:14:09 PM PDT by RandallFlagg (Fact: Gun control laws kill innocents.)
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To: cba123

Reminds me of a scene from Sirens Of Titan. A spaceship was lost in the subsurface labyrinth caves of Mercury. Couldn’t make its way back to the surface. Then the pilot saw written on one of the walls:

It’s an IQ test.


68 posted on 09/04/2019 5:22:28 PM PDT by samtheman (The drive-by media is the true boss of the democommie party.)
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To: LibWhacker
I'm thinking it's caused by a star in orbit around a neutron or magnastar. Every once in a while a large flare gets near the neutron star and whips around it a few thousand times and then crashes onto the surface of the neutron star. A pound of matter hitting the surface hits with the energy of a hydrogen bomb so I figure the mega tons of charged particles falling In those intense magnetic fields is going to make some very strong radio bursts.
69 posted on 09/04/2019 6:37:28 PM PDT by Nateman (If the left is not screaming, you are doing it wrong. I)
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To: cba123

Was wrong. Figured I’d see the alien guy before the 25th post?


70 posted on 09/04/2019 6:45:32 PM PDT by TruthWillWin
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To: jmacusa

This is the last I will reply to a fool.
Get your pacifier and suck away.


71 posted on 09/04/2019 6:55:14 PM PDT by BatGuano (Ya don't think I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do Ya?)
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To: BatGuano

Thanks for conceding the argument.


72 posted on 09/04/2019 7:30:19 PM PDT by jmacusa ("If wisdom is not the Lord, what is wisdom?''.)
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To: SaveFerris

Anyone who could truly think we are all alone in this vast and infinite universe and that the conditions that made life possible here wouldn’t be possible any where is a blithering idiot and on par with those who once thought the Earth was the center of the universe and that if one were to sail to the horizon they’d fall off.


73 posted on 09/04/2019 7:34:30 PM PDT by jmacusa ("If wisdom is not the Lord, what is wisdom?''.)
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To: jmacusa
While I’m not going to say there is no other intelligent life out there I am of the opinion it’s going to be very rare even among planets that have life. The reason comes down to one element : oxygen. The only element more electronegative is fluorine and with one rare exception it’s never found in its elemental state. So how did Earth end up with an atmosphere filled with this highly reactive element oxygen? Plants obviously pump out copious amounts of oxygen. So much so that it simply overwhelmed the Earth. After combining with nearly ever thing it touched it saturated the air to the point things became stable. (With the exception of fires every now and then).

Now why do plants pump out oxygen? It requires quite a bit of energy to bust up the water molecule to liberate oxygen yet after doing so the plant just throws this juicy bit of chemical energy away. Normally nature tries to minimize energy usage but in this case it was so wasteful nature succeeded in saturating an entire planet with the stuff! It must have required some extreme bit of luck to lock plants into such a wasteful expenditure of energy.

Oxygen reactions are so energetic they not only make fire possible it gives animals enough energy to move around. It’s this ability to move around and explore things that makes intelligent life a possibility. Plants are not known for their intelligence.

So far over 4000 exoplanets have been discovered . On one confirmed planet that had elemental oxygen , it was on a world so hot and close to its star the abundance of high energy was busting up molecules with oxygen.

I suspect it’s going to take looking at a lot more world’s before we ever find one with oxygen on it like Earth has.Perhaps mankind will someday find a world with elemental fluorine in its atmosphere, but I’m pretty sure I’m not going to be around to see that either.

74 posted on 09/04/2019 8:01:15 PM PDT by Nateman (If the left is not screaming, you are doing it wrong. I)
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To: Nateman

Nitrogen and methane can support life. Honestly no one can prove there is life on other worlds nor can they prove there isn’t. But consider this, to think that the same conditions that made life possible here couldn’t exist under the same or similar circumstances is foolish. Any serious student of astrophysics and science would be laughed out of any laboratory or observatory.


75 posted on 09/04/2019 8:10:29 PM PDT by jmacusa ("If wisdom is not the Lord, what is wisdom?''.)
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To: cba123

CQ CQ CQ De extra galactic station AB5XC CQ CQ CQ.

CQ CQ CQ De AB5XC need one more contact for worked all sentient life CQ CQ CQ.

CQ CQ CQ De AB5XC CQ CQ CQ.

Probably just an extraterrestrial amateur radio looking for some contacts! ;)


76 posted on 09/04/2019 8:22:03 PM PDT by Calamari (Pass enough laws and everyone is guilty of something.)
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To: jmacusa

Obviously our conditions can exist because, well , here we are! I’m just saying it’s going to be very rare elsewhere.


77 posted on 09/04/2019 8:24:54 PM PDT by Nateman (If the left is not screaming, you are doing it wrong. I)
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To: Chode
Maybe They’re just PINGING for the nearest Intergalactic Quickie Mart ?!
78 posted on 09/04/2019 8:33:30 PM PDT by mabarker1 ((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!A fraud,a hypocrite,a liar. I'm practically a member of Congress)
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To: RandallFlagg

Yep, he’s pretty bad


79 posted on 09/04/2019 9:43:03 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Nateman

How can you make that assertion, that life existing somewhere else is ‘’very rare elsewhere’’? How in the hell can you say that?


80 posted on 09/04/2019 10:00:29 PM PDT by jmacusa ("If wisdom is not the Lord, what is wisdom?''.)
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