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Radio signal from space repeats every hour, defying explanation
- unsupp0rted 2y ago> So what could be behind such a weird radio signal? Let’s get it out of the way up front: it’s not aliens (probably). The most likely explanation, according to the scientists who discovered it, is that it’s coming from a neutron star or a white dwarf. But it’s not a neat solution, since the signal’s weird properties don’t fit with our understanding of the physics of those two kinds of objects. That's a lot of unearned confidence in what it's not. Dismissing "it's aliens" as an explanation doesn't make one mature and reasonable. It's just lazy. Neutron stars or white dwarfs are no more or less plausible than "it's aliens" at the moment. More observations, yes. But keep every hypothesis open until the evidence makes you close it.
- andai 2y agoSounds like in this instance, it not being aliens would be the more interesting result.