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

xkcd #2886: 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.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

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.

[–] mvirts 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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

[–] LazaroFilm 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] mvirts 2 points 10 months ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Btw, using the microwave to create plasma balls.