Mysterious Radio Signals have been Detected From a Distant Galaxy
Welcome to Inform Overload, Im your host Johnny Rogers and if youre new here we find the most
interesting news stories on the internet and we make them more entertaining
Scientists have reported in a news conference that they have spotted repeated blasts of
radio signals coming from a distant galaxy deep in space.
This is the second time that scientists have heard these kinds of repeated bursts of sound
waves.
This is a major breakthrough and also deepens this mystery, but also offers up a great opportunity
to understand what is causing this.
The initial radio bursts were believed to simply be exploding stars, but now many are
speculating that it could be transmissions by aliens from a galaxy billions of light
years away.
The flashes of radio signals only last for about a millisecond but are sent with the
same energy that the sun takes 12 months to produce.
The most thrilling thing about these repeated bursts is that scientists reported seeing
it repeat six times from the same location.
So far they have recorded 60 radio bursts, but only one of them as been repeated.
Ingrid Stairs an astrophysicist at UBC had this to say - Until now, there was only one
known repeating FRB.
Knowing that there is another suggests that there could be more out there.
And with more repeaters and more sources available for study, we may be able to understand these
cosmic puzzles - where theyre from and what causes them.
In two papers published in Nature the researchers wrote - Seeing two repeating signals probably
means that three exists - and that humanity will probably find a substantial population
of repeating signals.
The fact that two sets of repeating bursts exists means that scientists can begin to
distinguish them from single bursts and help them understand where they come from so they
can watch for more.
In a three week period the researches spotted roughly 13 bursts giving them a ton of data
to hunt for the source.
Some are claiming it could be a mysterious technology that alien civilisations are using
to launch into space.
Arun Naidu a research team member at McGill University said - Whatever the source of these
radio waves is, its interesting to see how wide a range of frequencies it can produce.
There are some models where intrinsically the source cant produce anything below a certain
frequency.
Of those 13 blasts that I mentioned at least 7 of them were recorded at 400 megahertz which
is the lowest of any yet to be discovered.
This suggests that even more could exists, but are just too low to be picked up.
Tom Landecker a member of the National Research Council of Canada said - We now know the sources
can produce low-frequency radio waves and those low-frequency waves can escape their
environment, and are not too scattered to be detected by the time they reach the Earth.
That tells us something about the environments and the sources.
We havent solved the problem, but its several more pieces in the puzzle.
I want to hear your thoughts on this story though.
Do you think the radio waves are from an alien technology or could they be from stars exploding
deep in the galaxy.
Let me know your thoughts in the comments below.
With that I want to check out some of your featured comments from the video titled - Top
secret UFO program revealed in project blue book
Hulio says - What if aliens believe in us and they have their own book where they write
everything americans did in space﻿ -They probably do
Kazuma Yami says - Blue book sounds so cliche﻿ -Yeah why not the green book.
That would make more sense Ann Moody says - HELLO Y DO U HAVE TO YELL
JOHNNY??
THEN U TALK SO FAST CANT KEEP UP N LISTEN TO THAT!!!
SLOWWW DOWN & BREATHE MY FRIEND!!!
Man ohh man THAT POTATO IS GOING TO BURST & MAKE MASHED POTATOES!!!!﻿
-If you dont like it turn down your volume and set the speed to half.
There I fixed it.
Imma do me Daniel Bradler says - The UFO research program
has never stopped﻿ -Do you know something youre not telling us.
Ladies, gentleman and potatoes we have a secret insider in the chat
dick tracy says - I.o. with no Charlotte is like driving a car with the gas light on﻿
-This is actually a perfect joke that deserves more likes.
If you believe this just do what you would with a gas light, put some electrical tape
over my face and ignore the noise.
Thank you for watching Inform Overload, Hit that thumbs up button if you enjoyed this
video.
If youre new here dont forget to subscribe.
If you want more videos like this one just click the playlist on the screen and if you
find any new and exciting stories that you want us to cover just look for my instagram
in the description below and send me a DM.
From Inform Overload, Im Johnny Rogers and until next time take care.