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xkcd #2886: Fast Radio Bursts

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/11240598

xkcd : Fast Radio Bursts

https://xkcd.com/2886

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Dr. Petroff has also shown that the Higgs boson signal was actually sparks from someone microwaving grapes, the EHT black hole photo was a frozen bagel someone left in too long, and the LIGO detection was just someone slamming the microwave door too hard.

MonkderZweite ,

Btw, using the microwave to create plasma balls.

bionicjoey , (edited )

I think I found that Petroff article if anyone is interested: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1504.02165

mvirts ,

For years I thought this settled the source of FRBs, from the headlines

Ilovethebomb ,

And they knew it was terrestrial in origin, because only one dish picked it up, whereas if it was was of outerstellar origin, multiple sites would have received it.

LazaroFilm ,
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WOW!

mvirts ,

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