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It’s a radio emission, not a radio transmission. That’s a key distinction that may be lost on a lay reader (or anyone not paying enough attention). Astronomers
by chongli 6y ago
It’s a radio emission, not a radio transmission. That’s a key distinction that may be lost on a lay reader (or anyone not paying enough attention).
Astronomers, amateur astronomers, and astronomy enthusiasts all tend to be aware of the fact that radio is just another part of the spectrum we can use to look at the universe. It’s a strange quirk of our culture that the word radio carries connotations of technology and thus connotes intelligence.
- solstice 6y ago> It’s a strange quirk of our culture that the word radio carries connotations of technology and thus connotes intelligence. Counterpoint: "radio wave fart from exoplanet detected". No connotation of intelligence IMO
- Apocryphon 6y agoThough, perhaps, of biology.
- 8bitsrule 6y agoNot quite as whack as the rash of headlines a while back referring to FRB as 'mysterious radio signals' from 'deep space'.