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Old 01-09-2019, 01:21 PM
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Is it wise to try and contact what ever's out there. Personally I think we are best off leaving the unkown alone, as we don't know what we are dealing with if such signals are from some type of life form.

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Astronomers have revealed details of mysterious signals emanating from a distant galaxy, picked up by a telescope in Canada.

The precise nature and origin of the blasts of radio waves is unknown.

Among the 13 fast radio bursts, known as FRBs, was a very unusual repeating signal, coming from the same source about 1.5 billion light years away.

Mysterious radio signals from deep space detected - BBC News
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Old 01-09-2019, 01:22 PM
 
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Could they possibly be worse than us?
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Old 01-09-2019, 01:24 PM
 
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Bring it on, we need a reboot anyways...
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Old 01-09-2019, 01:25 PM
 
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Most likely if they are that much more advanced than us, they already know about us and have chosen to leave us alone, or observe from afar.
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Old 01-09-2019, 01:27 PM
 
Location: Long Island, N.Y.
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Is it wise to try and contact what ever's out there. Personally I think we are best off leaving the unkown alone, as we don't know what we are dealing with if such signals are from some type of life form.
Well, whatever produced these signals did so 1.5 billion years ago, so we'll be alright.
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Old 01-09-2019, 01:27 PM
 
Location: Just over the horizon
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Democrats already broadcasting a return signal promising them citizenship and the right to vote.
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Old 01-09-2019, 01:30 PM
 
Location: IL
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Most likely if they are that much more advanced than us, they already know about us and have chosen to leave us alone, or observe from afar.
i dont think its actually that difficult to send out a signal....haven't we been doing it for awhile?
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Old 01-09-2019, 01:31 PM
 
Location: Federal Way, WA
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Not sure if anyone else is out there. If there is, the distance is so great only wormhole travel would be feasible for contact. Unless they have figured out how to create a stable wormhole with predictable destinations, no contact will be made.
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Old 01-09-2019, 01:34 PM
 
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1.5 billion light years away means those signals are most likely from how many years in the past?
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Old 01-09-2019, 01:34 PM
 
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
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A random and rare natural event.
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