Alien numbers station discovered?

[4x4Tyke]

Fast radio bursts are a bit of puzzle but are unlikely to be aliens, but this is interesting anyway. Astronomers closing in on source of mysterious fast radio bursts

[Eric Mc]

Every week there is an "aliens discovered" headline.

Only for a much more low key "Ahem, it wasn't aliens" headline to be announced a few weeks later.

[eldar]

Eric Mc said:

Every week there is an "aliens discovered" headline.

Only for a much more low key "Ahem, it wasn't aliens" headline to be announced a few weeks later.

Given they were from 3,000,000,000 light years away we aren't going to be having a chat with them...

[4x4Tyke]

Eric Mc said:

Every week there is an "aliens discovered" headline.

Only for a much more low key "Ahem, it wasn't aliens" headline to be announced a few weeks later.

I was trying to parody those kind of headlines, this is science after all

[CAPP0]

eldar said:

Given they were from 3,000,000,000 light years away we aren't going to be having a chat with them...

Why, is there a bit of latency on the downlink then?

[4x4Tyke]

eldar said:

Given they were from 3,000,000,000 light years away we aren't going to be having a chat with them...

Yes, and given the vastness of the distances involved, even a tiny amount of precession or relative movement through space would make many of these, single events from our perspective.

[Eric Mc]

They might have some good video on the early days of the universe - and being so old, it's probably on VHS.

[dudleybloke]

We will be getting a snotty letter off the alien TV licencing department soon.

[Eric Mc]

3 billion years of arrears.

[eldar]

Eric Mc said:

3 billion years of arrears.

The cheque is in the post (2nd class). Honest.

[Mr Pointy]

anonymous said:

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Maybe but the Vogons run the detector van fleet. Don't expect something as cuddly as a £200 fine.

[Buzz84]

Eric Mc said:

They might have some good video on the early days of the universe - and being so old, it's probably on VHS.

Their civilisation went with Betamax...