Followed by the question "WTF???"
Posted on 12/28/2016 1:49:43 PM PST by RoosterRedux
Astronomy experts with the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia and the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico have discovered six new Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) emitting from a region far beyond our Milky Way galaxy, according to a recent report in the Astrophysical Journal.
The discovery — made in the direction of the Auriga constellation — has prompted wild speculation that aliens could be trying to get in touch.
It is significant considering the fact that at least 17 FRBs have now been detected in this area and is the only known instance in which these signals have been found twice in the same location in space.
The region where the signals are coming from, dubbed FRB 121102 by scientists, is located about 3 billion light years away from earth.
Five of the recently found FRBs were detected with the Green Bank Telescope, while the other was recorded by the Arecibo Observatory, “for a total of 17 bursts from this source,” the report says.
The signals were also found earlier this year and in 2012.
According to experts, the FRBs could be the result of two things: solar flares from a neutron star or extra-terrestrials. But it’s still too early to tell.
(Excerpt) Read more at thesun.co.uk ...
That’s why we’re building the damn wall..
Let it ring until it stops. Then take it off the hook.
“Send More Chuck Berry.”
We need to leave voicemail on, just in case.
Bet they are the ones who hacked the election.
Yup,, they KNEW where earth would be millions and millions of years ago and pointed their transmitters accordingly.
Or, they are using an omnidirectional transmission, requiring a couple of quasar power sources.
Good grief.
WAIT !! They say they have Hillary’s deleted e-mails and are sending them over sub-space carrier.
That is a good general response. However in this case the signal is 3 billion light years away.
Highly unlikely due to inverse square law unless they are sending messages by blowing up neutron stars.
By the time they arrive, we’ll all have been dead for a couple centuries.
Message decoded says....”To Serve Man”.
Nah. It’s: “Can you hear me now?”
“Ack Ack Ack Ack!”
Use star 69?
Oh good grief Charlie Brown!
Send them back a reply from Boomhower.
And from like minded postulations we get... Global Waggnarl!
Which means they would have sent the signals 3 billions years ago which would mean they are long extinct, and that's if intelligent life could even evolve in so short a time after the big bang. 3 billion years ago the only life on earth was bacterial sludge. On the other hand, bacterial sludge is what is running the White house today.
Followed by the question "WTF???"
Hope they’re not expecting a quick response time.
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