The “Wow!” signal was likely from extraterrestrial source, and more powerful
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Re: The “Wow!” signal was likely from extraterrestrial source, and more powerful
#2Extraterrestrial as in "not of Earthly origin" — not as in space aliens.
Re: The “Wow!” signal was likely from extraterrestrial source, and more powerful
#3Extraterrestrial as in "not of Earthly origin" — not as in space aliens.
Space aliens are still kinda the best explanation. It's extremely inconclusive, and it's entirely possible that we'll discover some new natural phenomenon to explain it instead, but for now there's not really any known alternative.
Re: The “Wow!” signal was likely from extraterrestrial source, and more powerful
#4As compared to Australian FRBs: https://www.planetary.org/articles/0417-the-cosmic-microwave...
Re: The “Wow!” signal was likely from extraterrestrial source, and more powerful
#5Extraterrestrial as in "not of Earthly origin" — not as in space aliens.
Space aliens are still kinda the best explanation. It's extremely inconclusive, and it's entirely possible that we'll discover some new natural phenomenon to explain it instead, but for now there's not really any known alternative.
Most things aren't known. The lack of a known alternative is hardly evidence of anything in this domain.
Re: The “Wow!” signal was likely from extraterrestrial source, and more powerful
#6Extraterrestrial as in "not of Earthly origin" — not as in space aliens.
Either way, I really hope that we establish contact with aliens in my lifetime. Hopefully they're chill, and like us lol.
Re: The “Wow!” signal was likely from extraterrestrial source, and more powerful
#7Extraterrestrial as in "not of Earthly origin" — not as in space aliens.
Either way, I really hope that we establish contact with aliens in my lifetime. Hopefully they're chill, and like us lol.
Any species that is advanced enough for interstellar communication will almost certainly be a highly aggressive apex species. You don't get to the top of the food chain by being nice, you get there by murdering all of the competition and plundering all of the resources. And if you were trying to be nice, someone else would have just wiped you out.
The big question is if a species can eventually reach some point of collective enlightenment where they leave these primitive impulses behind. But based on the current state of humanity, I'm not to optimistic.
Re: The “Wow!” signal was likely from extraterrestrial source, and more powerful
#8Extraterrestrial as in "not of Earthly origin" — not as in space aliens.
Space aliens are still kinda the best explanation. It's extremely inconclusive, and it's entirely possible that we'll discover some new natural phenomenon to explain it instead, but for now there's not really any known alternative.
>but for now there's not really any known alternative
The research in the article does suggest a plausible alternative
Re: The “Wow!” signal was likely from extraterrestrial source, and more powerful
#9Extraterrestrial as in "not of Earthly origin" — not as in space aliens.
Space aliens are still kinda the best explanation. It's extremely inconclusive, and it's entirely possible that we'll discover some new natural phenomenon to explain it instead, but for now there's not really any known alternative.
It could just as easily be known, or unknown, physics.
Re: The “Wow!” signal was likely from extraterrestrial source, and more powerful
#10Extraterrestrial as in "not of Earthly origin" — not as in space aliens.
Space aliens are still kinda the best explanation. It's extremely inconclusive, and it's entirely possible that we'll discover some new natural phenomenon to explain it instead, but for now there's not really any known alternative.
There was something a few years ago saying it was likely hydrogen getting lased or something by starlight and emitting the signal.
https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/wow-signal-...