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The Breakthrough Listen project discovered what is called a Fast Radio Burst while scanning the skies from Australia as part of the biggest search for extra terrestrial life in the Milky Way and nearby stars.
Breakthrough Listen scientist Danny Price said it was exciting when the burst from billions of light years away was picked up, but it was unlikely aliens were behind it.
[...] It is not the first burst to be detected, with the CSIRO Parkes Radio Telescope picking up the first one in 2001.
The bursts last for about a millisecond, and sound like an ambulance driving past when picked up by special receivers.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-23/search-for-aliens-finds-mysterious-radio-signal/9788202
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(Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday May 24 2018, @03:46PM (6 children)
Yep.
I gave up on History Channel when they got Ancient Aliens.
I gave up on Discovery Channel when they had a "Science" program promoting Homeopathy.
I almost gave up on CNN when they said nothing about SOPA until after the internet went dark, and the story became too big to ignore. I actually gave up on CNN when I saw how brazenly one sided their coverage of Snowden was.
Then I gave up on cable TV and have not looked back.
So how will I hear about alien civilizations now that I don't have cable tv?
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 24 2018, @07:09PM (2 children)
"So how will I hear about alien civilizations now that I don't have cable tv?"
the complimentary anal probe?
(Score: 2) by takyon on Thursday May 24 2018, @09:13PM
The aliens will wait until a rival civilization perfects VR, then start inserting anal probes mid-game.
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(Score: 2) by Fluffeh on Thursday May 24 2018, @11:45PM
*Why* does everyone always assume that? What am I doing? Am I harvesting farts? How much can I learn from an ass?
- Paul (circa 2011)
(Score: 2) by takyon on Thursday May 24 2018, @09:09PM (1 child)
You could use radio astronomy to search for signs of intelligent media bouncing off the Moon.
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(Score: 3, Funny) by DannyB on Thursday May 24 2018, @09:13PM
There is no intelligent signal bouncing off the moon. Any signal bouncing off the moon originates either:
1. From an alien civilization, but is too weak, especially after bouncing off the moon, for us to detect.
-OR-
2. Is media from Earth, and therefore does not qualify as intelligent.
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(Score: 2) by Osamabobama on Thursday May 24 2018, @09:31PM
Move to Russia. Aliens will hear about you.
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