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Re:Scientists looking for aliens investigate radio beam from... by cletus on Sunday December 20, 2020 @01:25PM (#25488346)
This has been posted several times already. It's sensationalist. Before anyone gets too excited, be aware that Jupiter (as one example) emits radio waves [1].

I don't think the researchers are necessarily suggesting an alien origin (honestly, shame on them if they are). It's more likely sensationalist reporting. It's almost certainly natural in origin.

[1]: https://www.britannica.com/place/Jupiter-planet/The-auroras

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Re:Scientists looking for aliens investigate radio beam from... by steve_musk on Sunday December 20, 2020 @02:40PM (#25488929)
Maybe the media headlines are sensational (as they always are), and it’s unfortunate that it leaked before the papers were officially released.

But Jupiter emitting radio waves is really not relevant here. The signal they saw is a very arrow frequency, which pretty strongly indicates a technological origin. See [1] for a better overview of the situation.

[1] https://sites.psu.edu/astrowright/2020/12/20/blc1-a-candidat...

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