FRB 121102, FRBs & Alien Spacecraft

by moonchild on September 4th, 2017

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Breakthrough Listen, an initiative to find signs of intelligent life in the universe, has detected 15 brief but powerful radio pulses emanating from a mysterious and repeating source – FRB 121102 – far across the universe...

Distant galaxy sends out 15 high-energy radio bursts

Since their discovery 10 years ago, fast radio bursts have confounded astronomers. These intergalactic pulses of radio energy have defied explanation, but a new theory suggests a technological origin, whereby aliens use these beams to propel their ships through space. Extremely speculative stuff, to be sure, but it's an idea worth pursuing given just how weird these pulses are.

Wild New Theory Suggests Radio Bursts Beyond Our Galaxy Are Powering Alien Starships