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Are aliens trying to contact Earth?
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Not Likely, But we Can Always Hope!
Quote:Are aliens trying to contact Earth? Six new mysterious blasts of radio energy are detected from deep space
I don't know, would they use radio waves of a sort? Maybe.
Quote:It may be three billion light-years away from Earth, but this distant constellation could be trying to contact us.
Six bursts of radio waves have been detected from the constellation Auriga, each lasting just a few milliseconds.
While the source of the waves remains unknown, some suggest they mysterious bursts of energy could be a sign of alien life trying to contact us.
From the article it appears these are not the first radio waves they've pick-up.
Quote:The waves were detected by researchers from McGill University in Montreal, using the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia, and at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico.
In their paper, published in The Astrophysical Journal, the researchers, led by Paul Scholz, wrote: 'We have detected six additional radio bursts from this source: five with the Green Bank Telescope at 2 GHz, and one at 1.4 GHz with the Arecibo Observatory, for a total of 17 bursts from this source.' 
The detection follows 11 previously recorded outbursts from the same location, called FRB 121102. 

This is the only known repeater of fast radio bursts (FRBs) - radio emissions that appear temporarily and randomly.
Despite there being a number of FRBs from the site, the origin of the bursts is an ongoing puzzle to researchers.
So, when were they going to tell us?
NEVER!
Quote:But the researchers say that the repeated outbursts imply that whatever is causing the radio bursts is not a one-time event, such as an explosion or collision.
Instead, they say that flares from a young neutron star – the dense core left behind where a star explodes – are a promising candidate. 
The researchers added: 'Whether FRB 121102 is a unique object in the currently known sample of FRBs, or all FRBs are capable of repeating, its characterisation is extremely important to understanding fast extragalactic radio transients.' 
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So, you think they are from a Neutron Star or are we receiving the first radio waves of an Alien "The Shadow Knows" radio show?  minusculethinking
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