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Astronomical Accidents, and the Proxima Centauri 'Signal' That Wasn't

• gs17 2y ago
  The paper analyzing the BLC1 signal, finding multiple occurrences (when not pointed at Proxima Centauri) that seem to show it has a terrestrial origin: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-021-01508-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-021-01508-8 Shame it didn't get as much attention as the "it could be aliens" version of the story, but that's to be expected.
  • magicalhippo 2y ago
    Not the microwave[1] oven again I hope. [1]: https://www.nature.com/nature-index/news/its-the-microwave-how-astronomers-discovere-source-of-mysterious-radio-signals https://www.nature.com/nature-index/news/its-the-microwave-h...
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• aaron695 2y ago
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  • jjulius 2y ago
    >What is wrong with them? I vouched for this comment. I did so because I see this user posting very consistently, in spite of having been very obviously shadowbanned for a long time now, and I just can't help but wonder the same thing about them. Not very constructive, I know, but here we are...