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Alien radio signals detected repeating with a regular 16-day cycle
SKY News ^ | February 10, 2020

Posted on 02/11/2020 9:17:01 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

Astronomers have never before seen fast radio bursts being emitted in such a regular pattern, and still don't know their origin.

Astronomers have detected alien signals - that is, signals from a foreign galaxy - being emitted in an unusually regular 16-day cycle.

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are not in and of themselves unusual - the first was detected in 2007 - but previous observations have shown them to be mostly emitted at random.

While there have been some bursts which repeated, as astronomers discovered previously, they have never been seen repeating in such a steady cycle.

The origin of FRBs hasn't been established yet, although the dominant theories regarding them suggest the signals are produced by rapidly rotating bodies such as neutron stars or black holes.

Researchers studying data from the radio telescope used by the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) found the FRB signals arrived on Earth up to twice an hour for four days before suddenly stopping, only to start up again twelve days later.

Its origin was located within a medium-sized spiral galaxy about 500 million light-years away, making it the closest FRB discovered to date.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.sky.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alien; astronomy; canada; chime; fastradiobursts; frb; frbs; science; space; xplanets
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To: catnipman

..... and a long time ago...................


61 posted on 02/11/2020 10:34:06 AM PST by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.......... ..)
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To: Kirkwood

“It always pays to read the article before posting the obvious.”

Second time I’ve done this today. Didn’t sleep well last night, so I’ll blame that..


62 posted on 02/11/2020 10:35:48 AM PST by neverevergiveup
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To: GingisK

Or!....

Is it outer-space aliens from outer-space flying around their home solar system in outer-space cars and “thumping” to show off how powerful their radio transmitters are.

You know, like idiots here on earth do in their cars with their stereos.


63 posted on 02/11/2020 10:48:05 AM PST by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

64 posted on 02/11/2020 10:57:24 AM PST by xp38
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To: Oldeconomybuyer; All
This article really didn't discuss the energy emitted by this FRB. On CNET on January 18, 2020, there was this article on the same FRB:
Weird radio signals may have even freakier source than aliens

Whatever it is, it's a good thing we're about 3 billion light-years away from it. In a flash lasting less than a millisecond, the source of the bursts radiates the same amount of energy as the total output of our sun for a whole day. "If we had one of these on the other side of our own galaxy -- the Milky Way -- it would disrupt radio here on Earth, and we'd notice, as it would saturate the signal levels on our smartphones," said Shami Chatterjee, senior research associate in astronomy at Cornell University.

Wow. The entire energy output of the sun for an entire day sent out in a millisecond flash!

In 2017, Professor Avid Loeb, from the Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics in the US, proposed that FRBs could be leakage from planet-sized alien transmitters. He said that rather than being designed for communication, they would more likely be used to propel giant space ships powered by light sails, which would bounce the beams off a huge reflective sheet to provide forward thrust.

In 2018, Professor Loeb proposed the idea that the weird object "Oumuamua" could be a light sail from a far-off civilization because it was exhibiting strange, unexplained accelerations. Wild Idea: What If Interstellar Visitor 'Oumuamua' Is an Alien Light Sail?

65 posted on 02/11/2020 11:08:30 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Our guys are on it.
66 posted on 02/11/2020 11:18:29 AM PST by Oatka
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To: Oatka
We have Top Men working on it right now!
67 posted on 02/11/2020 11:29:19 AM PST by BlueLancer (Orchides Forum Trahite - Cordes Et Mentes Veniant)
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To: xp38


68 posted on 02/11/2020 11:29:57 AM PST by polymuser (It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and so few by deceit. Noel Coward)
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To: Revel

Yep, if aliens did in fact send this signal, then they’re likely long dead as a species already. I hate getting delayed emails.


69 posted on 02/11/2020 11:30:21 AM PST by catbertz
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To: pepsionice

The pulses may have been going on for eons, but were only first detected on September 16, 2018.


70 posted on 02/11/2020 11:47:09 AM PST by gandalftb
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To: neverevergiveup

pulsars emit regularly - once every revolution


71 posted on 02/11/2020 11:56:36 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: z3n

or a very slowly rotating pulsar?


72 posted on 02/11/2020 11:57:32 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: PIF
A very slow pulsar.


73 posted on 02/11/2020 11:59:47 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Bon mots

Bookmarking


74 posted on 02/11/2020 12:12:49 PM PST by MHGinTN (A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Alas there are no aliens.


75 posted on 02/11/2020 12:27:46 PM PST by Phlap (REDNECK@LIBARTS.EDU)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

They’ve been able to partially decipher the signals.....something about renewing the extended warranty on our cars.


76 posted on 02/11/2020 12:38:37 PM PST by GreenHornet
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To: GreenHornet

We probably need to watch this one again: Contact
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118884/


77 posted on 02/11/2020 12:43:18 PM PST by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?)
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To: GreenHornet
They’ve been able to partially decipher the signals.....something about renewing the extended warranty on our cars.

That, or they're Michael Bloomberg ads ...

78 posted on 02/11/2020 12:52:28 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

V ger


79 posted on 02/11/2020 1:17:52 PM PST by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: Zathras

#53 you are babyloning..... : )


80 posted on 02/11/2020 11:08:01 PM PST by minnesota_bound (homeless guy. He just has more money....He the master will plant more cotton for the democrat party)
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