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"Finding an actually vanishing star - or a star that appears out of nowhere! - would be a precious discovery and certainly would include new astrophysics beyond the one we know of today", says project leader Beatriz Villarroel, Stockholm University and Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Spain.
“The implications of finding such objects extend from traditional astrophysics fields to the more exotic searches for evidence of technologically advanced civilizations,” the authors wrote in the study's abstract.
NASA’s Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) is the next step in optical communications. Optical communications uses infrared lasers to send data to and from space. The technology will let NASA collect more science data and explore farther into the universe than ever before.
originally posted by: shawmanfromny
originally posted by: ArMaP
Interesting, but I don't think a communication "pulse" would last for weeks.
originally posted by: hombero
Very interesting. It's interesting that the way these space things often go is:
Might be aliens!
More research
Oh it's just ______
They always get my hopes up
a reply to: shawmanfromny
originally posted by: ArMaP
Interesting, but I don't think a communication "pulse" would last for weeks.
I find it more likely to be some natural event we don't know yet or an yet unknown variation of a known natural event than an artificial event.
originally posted by: Blue Shift
Rather than communication, it could just be a good ol' Kardashev Type 2 civilization finally finishing a star enclosure. Intermittent appearances could be them venting off excess unused energy.