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on Thursday May 24 2018, @07:20AM
from the Adding-aliens-to-press-release-to-sound-sexy dept.
from the Adding-aliens-to-press-release-to-sound-sexy dept.
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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You are a fluke of the universe; you have no right to be here.
(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)