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Re:SETI spots dozens of new mysterious signals emanating fro... by cortic on Thursday September 13, 2018 @07:33PM (#17983641)
>noisy galaxy 3 billion miles away

that's only 0.00051 of a light year, or a few light hours away.. either me or them has a big math problem.

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Re:SETI spots dozens of new mysterious signals emanating fro... by harrygallagher4 on Thursday September 13, 2018 @09:50PM (#17984164)
The press release says 3 billion light years. Probably just a mistake at TC

PR: https://breakthroughinitiatives.org/news/22

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Re:SETI spots dozens of new mysterious signals emanating fro... by caf on Thursday September 13, 2018 @08:09PM (#17983786)
Yes, 3 billion miles is closer than Pluto.
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