Mysterious Radio Signals From The Center Of The Milky Way Detected.

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Spooky:

Its a very controlled beam at 888MHz both circularly polarized and linearly polarized.

FROM PAPER:

It exhibited a high degree (∼ 25%) of circular polarization when it was visible. We monitored the source with the MeerKAT telescope from 2020 November to 2021 February on a 2–4 week cadence. The source was not detected with MeerKAT before 2021 February 07 when it appeared and reached a peak flux density of 5.6mJy. The source was STILL HIGHLY CIRCULARLY POLARIZED, but also SHOWED UP TO 80% LINEAR POLARIZATION, and then faded rapidly with a timescale of one day. The rotation measure of the source varied significantly, from −11.8 ± 0.8 rad m−2 to −64.0 ± 1.5 rad m−2 , over three days. No X-ray counterpart was found in follow-up Swift or Chandra observations about a week after the first MeerKAT detection, with upper limits of ∼ 5.0 × 1031 erg s−1 (0.3–8 keV, assuming a distance ∼ 10 kpc). No counterpart is seen in new or archival near-infrared observations down to J = 20.8 mag.

We discuss possible identifications for ASKAP J173608.2−321635 including

a low-mass star/substellar object with extremely low infrared luminosity
a pulsar with scatter-broadened pulses
a transient magnetar
Galactic Center Radio Transient

none of these above fully explains the observations, which suggests that ASKAP J173608.2−321635 may represent part of a new class of objects

DRAFT paper : https://www.disxourse.com/paper/2109.00652

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the draft paper refused to posit this alternative :

Deliberate radio signal between advanced alien probe and its prior origin creators 160,000 light-years away +/- 80,000 light-years, and due to happenstance ; alignment of rotation of our galaxy and path of our solar system and even path of Earth possibly, we caught a peek at its carrier frequency but cannot resolve evidence of its encoded payload, unless it is on a different out of band mode (gravity based, neutrino based, etc). Its in , or in direction of another galaxy, and Earth is now 25,800 light-years from our own center of our galaxy. So the signal is trans-galactic.

My bet, and its not my field, is a Galactic Center Radio Transient attenuated through a periodically lined up gravitational lens, with the lens formed with its own slow orbit around a neutron star(s), explaining its eccentric periodicity of observation. A Black hole would have revealed itself along that path if participating in lens anomaly formation, hence me proposing one or more involved large neutron stars:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_lens

So exciting!

Even the area they were looking at is exciting:

thousands of radio sources we’ve never seen before

http://www.sci-news.com/astronomy/radio-map-large-magellanic-cloud-09978.html

Spooky: Its a very controlled beam at 888MHz both circularly polarized and linearly polarized. FROM PAPER: It exhibited a high degree (∼ 25%) of circular polarization when it was visible. We monitored the source with the MeerKAT telescope from 2020 November to 2021 February on a 2–4 week cadence. The source was not detected with MeerKAT before 2021 February 07 when it appeared and reached a peak flux density of 5.6mJy. The source was STILL HIGHLY CIRCULARLY POLARIZED, but also SHOWED UP TO 80% LINEAR POLARIZATION, and then faded rapidly with a timescale of one day. The rotation measure of the source varied significantly, from −11.8 ± 0.8 rad m−2 to −64.0 ± 1.5 rad m−2 , over three days. No X-ray counterpart was found in follow-up Swift or Chandra observations about a week after the first MeerKAT detection, with upper limits of ∼ 5.0 × 1031 erg s−1 (0.3–8 keV, assuming a distance ∼ 10 kpc). No counterpart is seen in new or archival near-infrared observations down to J = 20.8 mag. We discuss possible identifications for ASKAP J173608.2−321635 including - a low-mass star/substellar object with extremely low infrared luminosity - a pulsar with scatter-broadened pulses - a transient magnetar - Galactic Center Radio Transient none of these above fully explains the observations, which suggests that ASKAP J173608.2−321635 may represent part of a new class of objects DRAFT paper : https://www.disxourse.com/paper/2109.00652 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = the draft paper refused to posit this alternative : - Deliberate radio signal between **advanced alien probe and its prior origin creators** 160,000 light-years away +/- 80,000 light-years, and due to happenstance ; alignment of rotation of our galaxy and path of our solar system and even path of Earth possibly, we caught a peek at its carrier frequency but cannot resolve evidence of its encoded payload, unless it is on a different out of band mode (gravity based, neutrino based, etc). Its in , or in direction of another galaxy, and Earth is now 25,800 light-years from our own center of our galaxy. So the signal is trans-galactic. **My bet, and its not my field, is a Galactic Center Radio Transient attenuated through a periodically lined up gravitational lens, with the lens formed with its own slow orbit around a neutron star(s), explaining its eccentric periodicity of observation. A Black hole would have revealed itself along that path if participating in lens anomaly formation, hence me proposing one or more involved large neutron stars:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_lens So exciting! Even the area they were looking at is exciting: > thousands of radio sources we’ve never seen before http://www.sci-news.com/astronomy/radio-map-large-magellanic-cloud-09978.html

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My opinion has always been, it is a very small mind that would believe that Earth in this Vast universe, is the ONLY planet that would have intelligent life. Now pretend that there are planets that are millions of years older. Of course there ARE aliens from other planets and they are doing exactly what we are. YES they could be exploring Earth. Now ask why that would be Bad or good?

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