With a Second Repeating Radio Burst, Astronomers Close in on an Explanation

Re:With a Second Repeating Radio Burst, Astronomers Close in... by HocusLocus on Sunday April 07, 2019 @08:25AM (#19596384)

The closer we are to discovering what causes radio bursts, the closer we come to doom.

"We've figured out what causes them!" he spoke to the bored conference audience. They sat up quickly. He continued, "It happens whenever any advanced civilization builds one of these." He takes a strangely shaped device from his pocket. There is a murmur from the crowd. "During the building of this prototype, we have--" and his tentacle fumbled for a moment, and it dropped onto the floor.

4 MILLION YEARS LATER

Astronomers have detected their third fast radio burst, and have almost gathered enough data to discover what causes them.

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Re:With a Second Repeating Radio Burst, Astronomers Close in... by SiempreViernes on Sunday April 07, 2019 @09:51AM (#19596756)

Uh, actually it is repeating radio bursts that are very rare. We’ve seen quite a few of the one-shot ones.

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Re:With a Second Repeating Radio Burst, Astronomers Close in... by freedomben on Sunday April 07, 2019 @01:35PM (#19598417)

This reminded me a lot of the excellent podcast "The End of the World with Josh Clark." Can't recommend that series enough.

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Re:With a Second Repeating Radio Burst, Astronomers Close in... by grosswait on Sunday April 07, 2019 @12:30PM (#19597876)

Ah, the ol' dark forest theory?

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Re:With a Second Repeating Radio Burst, Astronomers Close in... by thatcherc on Sunday April 07, 2019 @12:45PM (#19598009)

The dark forest theory is a bit different. The parent comment's story was more in line with the idea that all advanced civilizations kill themselves off (like with AI, nuclear weapons, climate change, or GRB machines here). Dark Forest has more to do with civilizations killing each other off because any civilization they discover might surpass them technologically in the future and become a threat.

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Re:With a Second Repeating Radio Burst, Astronomers Close in... by elorant on Sunday April 07, 2019 @10:53AM (#19597100)

You write it, I'll buy it.

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Re:With a Second Repeating Radio Burst, Astronomers Close in... by webmaven on Monday April 08, 2019 @04:29PM (#19608710)

Are you an editor for an SF magazine or publisher?

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Re:With a Second Repeating Radio Burst, Astronomers Close in... by elorant on Thursday April 11, 2019 @08:07PM (#19640598)

Nope. I meant I'd buy it as a consumer.

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