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Posted October 16, 2015
So we're (presumably) all quirky geeks here and I thought this was a bit of an interesting little piece:

http://www.space.com/30849-bizarre-kepler-signal-alien-intelligence-speculation.html

Kepler picked up something that *can* be explained by natural phenomena. The catch? The probability of said phenomena occurring and being detected at that moment by Kepler is low enough that a few researchers are "considering" other possibilites, one of which being megastructures.

Any thoughts? Cool stuff? Another false alarm?

I know we're talking ridiculous (astronomical? ;) ) odds but I thought it was fun enough to toss out this thread!
Posted October 16, 2015
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Ixamyakxim:
Read about this last night (though that article immediately leapt to the conclusion it was solid proof of alien life and Seti had confirmed it etc etc etc - not nearly as tinfoil hat as the comments on it though!).

Personally, I think its masses of lost remote controls at the other end of some wormhole super-cluster. ;D
Post edited October 16, 2015 by Sachys
Posted October 16, 2015
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Ixamyakxim:
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Sachys: Read about this last night (though that article immediately leapt to the conclusion it was solid proof of alien life and Seti had confirmed it etc etc etc - not nearly as tinfoil hat as the comments on it though!).

Personally, I think its masses of lost remote controls at the other end of some wormhole super-cluster. ;D
It's the socks from our dryers. They all end up in the same place, and it's finally a big enough mass to register on our space probing instruments.
Posted October 17, 2015
I don't really have an opinion other then it is fascinating.
Posted October 17, 2015
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darthspudius: I don't really have an opinion other then it is fascinating.
Ah, there ye are Mr. Spock! I'm goin' tae need your help enchancing the long range sensors!


As to the matter at hand- I read about it yesterday, and it is very fun to speculate. I mean, it's not aliens. No way in hell it actually turns out to be aliens. But man, would it be something if it were! Maybe then we'd get a proper space program back. "The guys over at KIC 8462852 are building a goddamn Dyson Sphere, and we didn't even go to Mars yet. We're gonna look like total chumps. Get on that Mars colonisiation ASAP!"
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Posted October 17, 2015
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Sachys: Read about this last night (though that article immediately leapt to the conclusion it was solid proof of alien life and Seti had confirmed it etc etc etc - not nearly as tinfoil hat as the comments on it though!).

Personally, I think its masses of lost remote controls at the other end of some wormhole super-cluster. ;D
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misteryo: It's the socks from our dryers. They all end up in the same place, and it's finally a big enough mass to register on our space probing instruments.
Come on you aren't even being serious about this...

... clearly it's old AOL discs.
Posted October 17, 2015

A transit occurs when an exoplanet — or, in this case, something else — drifts in front of its star and Kepler detects a slight dimming of starlight.
Aww shit. I guess I better bring my drawers in from the clothesline. Sorry guys.
Post edited October 17, 2015 by OldFatGuy
Posted October 17, 2015
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Breja: No way in hell it actually turns out to be aliens. But man, would it be something if it were! Maybe then we'd get a proper space program back. "The guys over at KIC 8462852 are building a goddamn Dyson Sphere, and we didn't even go to Mars yet. We're gonna look like total chumps. Get on that Mars colonisiation ASAP!"
LOL I really like this post.
Posted October 17, 2015

A transit occurs when an exoplanet — or, in this case, something else — drifts in front of its star and Kepler detects a slight dimming of starlight.
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OldFatGuy: Aww shit. I guess I better bring my drawers in from the clothesline. Sorry guys.
O_________o!!

Fuck that - lets make them into a solar sail!!!
Posted October 17, 2015
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Ixamyakxim: http://www.space.com/30849-bizarre-kepler-signal-alien-intelligence-speculation.html
I've read several of the articles linked in this one too and all I can say is the same thing I always think when it comes to the Fermi-Paradoxon:

I want to believe.
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Breja: As to the matter at hand- I read about it yesterday, and it is very fun to speculate. I mean, it's not aliens. No way in hell it actually turns out to be aliens. But man, would it be something if it were! Maybe then we'd get a proper space program back. "The guys over at KIC 8462852 have built a goddamn Dyson Sphere 1500 years ago, and we didn't even go to Mars yet. We're gonna look like total chumps. Get on that Mars colonisiation ASAP!"
ftfy
Post edited October 17, 2015 by Klumpen0815
Posted October 17, 2015
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Ixamyakxim: http://www.space.com/30849-bizarre-kepler-signal-alien-intelligence-speculation.html
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Klumpen0815: I've read several of the articles linked in this one too and all I can say is the same thing I always think when it comes to the Fermi-Paradoxon:

I want to believe.
Then you're right on time.
Posted October 17, 2015
Here's a bit more information:
http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2015/10/nasas-kepler-mission-data-yields-a-bizarre-star-is-it-orbited-by-a-swarm-of-orbiting-et-megastructur.html
Posted October 17, 2015
Maybe it was just a space fart.
Posted October 17, 2015
I shall propose that the conclusion that will be drawn here will be similar to the conclusion drawn about the signals in 1977, 1997, 2003, and 2012. :)
Posted October 17, 2015
The biggest point of interest is whether Bungie or Larry Niven will get IP on it.
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