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2020-02-08 Science & Technology

Astronomers find the first evidence that mysterious bursts of radio waves hitting Earth follow a set pattern - but still have no idea what causes them

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Posted by Skidmark 2020-02-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 It's ALIENS, man! They're hiding behind Jupiter, waiting to strike!

Posted by Raj 2020-02-08 06:43|| 2020-02-08 06:43|| Front Page Top

#2 500 Million LY away.. Old news, then.

Posted by Mercutio 2020-02-08 07:01|| 2020-02-08 07:01|| Front Page Top

"Yes, yes, we hear you, but what are you sinking ?"

Posted by Besoeker 2020-02-08 07:07|| 2020-02-08 07:07|| Front Page Top

#4 Cause a spinning mass would generate a periodic repeatable burst. But it must be baby Yoda!

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-02-08 07:38|| 2020-02-08 07:38|| Front Page Top

#5 Applying inverse-square across that distance.... A master? Is the unit really our day?

Posted by Richard Aubrey 2020-02-08 07:55|| 2020-02-08 07:55|| Front Page Top

#6 " maser "

Posted by Richard Aubrey 2020-02-08 07:55|| 2020-02-08 07:55|| Front Page Top

#7 It's ALIENS, man! They're hiding behind Jupiter, waiting to strike!

Armada?

Posted by swksvolFF 2020-02-08 12:41|| 2020-02-08 12:41|| Front Page Top

#8 dahdahdidah didahdit dahdahdidit

Posted by KBK 2020-02-08 13:15|| 2020-02-08 13:15|| Front Page Top

#9 Hmm, and right after Nellie Ohr gets a ham radio license. Coincidence? I think not.

Posted by SteveS 2020-02-08 14:19|| 2020-02-08 14:19|| Front Page Top

#10 Working a cycle of 32 is time marking
It's a clock.

Posted by newc 2020-02-08 21:38|| 2020-02-08 21:38|| Front Page Top

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