Evidence of Life Out There?

[Gene Steinberg]

Just what are those strange signals from space?

Are Aliens Behind Mysterious Radio Bursts? Scientists Weigh In

 

[PCarr]

It's intriguing as hell, but I think we need lots more data.

 

[Jimi H.]

Very interesting.

The article in New Scientist says that: "Telescopes have been picking up so-called fast radio bursts (FRBs) since 2001. They last just a few milliseconds and erupt with about as much energy as the sun releases in a month."

At first glance, this makes me think it's a natural phenomenon, regardless of the interesting pattern in the bursts. It just seems like a crazy amount of energy, even though I'm aware of the idea of Dyson spheres.

Edit: Oh, I see there's also a thread about it here: More WOW signals ? | The Paracast Community Forums

 

[PCarr]

Very interesting.

The article in New Scientist says that: "Telescopes have been picking up so-called fast radio bursts (FRBs) since 2001. They last just a few milliseconds and erupt with about as much energy as the sun releases in a month."

At first glance, this makes me think it's a natural phenomenon, regardless of the interesting pattern in the bursts. It just seems like a crazy amount of energy, even though I'm aware of the idea of Dyson spheres.

Edit: Oh, I see there's also a thread about it here: More WOW signals ? | The Paracast Community Forums

All they have to measure distance to date is the Dispersion Measure, which makes a lot of assumptions. We don't really know how far away they are. There is a related phenomenon called perytons that seems to be quite close.

 

[stonehart]

It's intriguing as hell, but I think we need lots more data.

^^^^^^ this here.

Interesting as all merry hell but at the same time we just do not have enough info.

 

[PCarr]

^^^^^^ this here.

Interesting as all merry hell but at the same time we just do not have enough info.

The good news is that more info would seem to be coming as more FRBs are detected.