Revolutionary radio telescope detects bevy of fast radio bursts
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#2Aliens.
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#3> Scientists believe FRBs emanate from powerful astrophysical phenomena billions of light years away, but they have yet to determine their origin.
Are there any leading theories?
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#4Is it possible that the Wow-signal was an FRB?
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#5> Scientists believe FRBs emanate from powerful astrophysical phenomena billions of light years away, but they have yet to determine their origin. Are there any leading theories?
r/space at least has some comments before going completely off the rails https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/ae7c1b/13_more_fast_...
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#6Is it possible that the Wow-signal was an FRB?
Probably not.
The Wow signal lasted for at least 72 seconds, FRB's last milliseconds.
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#7> Scientists believe FRBs emanate from powerful astrophysical phenomena billions of light years away, but they have yet to determine their origin. Are there any leading theories?
r/space at least has some comments before going completely off the rails https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/ae7c1b/13_more_fast_...
I just saw that well written comment and was thinking it's a crazy thing - that an astronomer at a large gathering of astronomers, surrounded by so many interesting people, discussing so many interesting things, takes a timeout to go and post an elaborate comment on reddit.
What is that crazy need we have to put in work, for no great gain, to keep utterly random people around the world updated in real time of whatever is going on?
These days, I seem to stop myself reading the news article , just head over to the right forum, and look for such comments. It's like the news industry has become more or less irrelevant, other than in surfacing a list of headlines, which then seed my "find best comment" search algorithm.
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#8I visited that observatory few years ago.
Was in Okanagan for cherries and wine and just noticed a bunch of satellite dishes on Google Maps. Drove to check em out - lo and behold it's an observatory, with public tours, with one starting in 10 minutes. Had no choice but to go in. Interesting place. Quite a few people walking around with coffee mugs in their hand and looking as spaced out as your average developer deciphering a fresh kernel whoops from last night. Needless to say the atmosphere was spot on :)
If you are in a vicinity, it's worth a visit.
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#9Is it possible that the Wow-signal was an FRB?
No sure why you're being downvoted for asking this. I did astrophysics for years and I still didn't know the answer.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
r/space at least has some comments before going completely off the rails https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/ae7c1b/13_more_fast_...
I just saw that well written comment and was thinking it's a crazy thing - that an astronomer at a large gathering of astronomers, surrounded by so many interesting people, discussing so many interesting things, takes a timeout to go and post an elaborate comment on reddit. What is that crazy need we have to put in work, for no great gain, to keep utterly random people around the world updated in real time of whateve…
Not such a crazy thing at all! From an astronomer's perspective, it's a rare opportunity to connect to people not working in the field about his/her field of study. Trying to break down all the jargon and explain the general state of the field is a mental exercise akin to cleaning your desk - it's both satisfying and puts things in place.
We don't get a lot of opportunities to talk about this - you can't annoy your friends with work talk all the time, so going for "utterly random people" is your only chance unless you're in science communication.