— very rightfully so — that they’re peaceful."
"An advanced civilization, by definition, is not barbaric.”
Posted on 08/25/2020 8:18:05 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The so-called Fast Radio Burst repeats every 157 days with the power of millions of suns and its latest barrage arrived right on time last week.
Known as FRB 121102, scientists hope that studying the strange blinkering signal could unlock the secret to what FRBs are and where they come from.
Fast Radio Bursts are intense pulses of radio waves that last no longer than the blink of an eye and come from far beyond our Milky Way galaxy.
Their origins are unknown. .
The group’s findings, to The Astronomer’s Telegram, suggest the burst is currently in its active phase and repeats every 156 days – not 157.
According to their paper, FRB 121102’s active phase is due to end between 31 August and 9 September 2020.
If telescopes continue to pick up bursts beyond these dates, then either its predictable pattern does not exist or has somehow evolved, they said.
Scientists urged other teams to continue taking readings of FRB 121102 in the hopes of better-understanding it.
Based on the new readings (as well as older ones) the leading theory is that the bursts are emitted by a type of neutron star called a magnetar.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
My ride’s here...
D O N O T E A T T H E P U D D I N G ......
Periodic signals are the least interesting.
It’s a countdown!!!!
Now you to will have that song in your head all day like I do right now.
The smoke detector needs new batteries.
Interesting..156 days is close to our half year of about 180 days. OK 182...
But it would mean some form of transmission on each side of a panet...and only twice their year...weird...maybe th3e revolution period of a type of radio emitting star we don’t know about?
Wait a minute wait a minute...has Garfield been playing with the TV set again?
“The Sparrow”
Excellent fictional book of a Catholic who leads a missionary trip to a new found world.
Yeah, crazy sounding but one of the best books I’ve read ... and book 2 was even better.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sparrow_%28novel%29
Even if you don’t usually read Sci fi you won’t be disappointed.
Headlines...
It’s so mysterious that they know it is an FRB - which we have known about for a long time -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_radio_burst?wprov=sfti1
Except for ding-dongs that believe headlines - also known as liberals or democrats, who don’t know anything unless they are told that it is so.
SEQUJ5
Advertisement for The Restaurant at the end of the Universe.
The signal is being generated by an advanced civilization, wanting to talk to us about extending the warranty on our cars.
WOW!
FRBs are in fact quite mysterious. It is odd to me that they are no long defined as emissions from pulsars.
Naturally I thing also of how Hitler had his submarines radio Berlin with encoded, accelerated messages. “Blips.” We knew the frequencies and triangulated almost every one!
We lost a lot of “tonnage” but (too many but) not many men.
As a merchant mariner I am quite proud of our ruses. My father was the architect of not a few.
Thank the LORD for Churchill. I have no affection for Roosevelt.
We have been sending radio signals into space since Marconi. Who knows?
BESURETODRINKYOUROVALTINE!
Yep... And it never happened again. I hope we keep listening.
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