Mysterious Deep Space Object Continues To Send Radio Signals To Earth

Scientists have disproved an object in deep space, some 500 million light years away that appears to be sending radio signals to Earth every 16 days.

By Peter Rapine

Published 5 years ago in Funny

Scientists do not yet know what exactly has been sending radio bursts to Earth from a distance of 500 million light-years away, but they have observed a pattern to said signals.


Scientists do not yet know what exactly has been sending radio bursts to Earth from a distance of 500 million light-years away, but they have observed a pattern to said signals. 


Every 16 days, radio burst come from the far-off object and in total scientists have found over 100 types of these signals but only 10 or so of them seem to be repeating in some intelligent fashion. 


The signals were first discovered by Astrophysicists at the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment, or CHIME in British Colombia, yet their origins remain unknown. 




The cycle of bursts so far has been, one to two radio blasts per hour for four days followed by 12 days of radio silence. The pattern is as strange as the signals, which some think could be due to solar winds, in essence blocking the signals for days at a time. Duncan Lorimer, of West Virginia University in Morgantown told Science News that, “this is very significant." and “potentially (is) going to take us in an interesting direction to get to the bottom of these repeaters.”


Speculation is that the signals could be coming from a craft or planet orbiting a black-hole or star in the outer edges of our solar system, but despite the unknown origins of the signals, many scientists are ruling out 'aliens' claiming that waiting 16 days in between messages wouldn't make little sense as it would take "forever to send a message". There has been further speculation by some that the signals may be the product of a dying star, though at this time the radio signals remain a mystery. 


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Birds of Prey Gets a Name Change After Opening Weekend 'Flop'

Birds of Prey gets a new title amid lower than expected box office sales.

By Peter Rapine

Published 5 years ago in Wtf

What was previously known as 'Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)' is now being rebranded as 'Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey', after a struggle at the box office on it's opening weekend.


What was previously known as 'Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)' is now being rebranded as 'Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey', after a struggle at the box office on it's opening weekend. 


Birds of Prey, which has been propped up as a 'kinda' sequel to Suicide Squad, went through the name change in part - because the box offices numbers were lower than projected - and in part because the original kinda sucked. 


Birds of Prey opened this past weekend with $33.2 million in domestic box office sales, about $100 million less than the joker and $60 million less than Deadpool. 



And it's not the first time Hollywood has tried (and failed) to resurrect a movie with a name change after it was released to less than stellar sales. Most notable the movie "edge of Tomorrow' starring Tom Cruise went through a similar in theater re-branding when it  had it's name changed to 'Live Die Repeat' (which is a total shit name) but that's for another conversation. 


The film isn't a flop per se and is set to make back the $90 some million spent on the project, but it hasn't met the high expectations studios are holding for their new comic book movies. Already it has made back some $80 million dollars, but that hasn't meant much for an audience that has been less than enthusiastic about the film. 





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