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The Universe: What Remains to Be Discovered?

The Infinite Monkey Cage

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What Would a Radio Astronomer Do?

Joscelyn belbernell was looking for a special type of galaxy called a quayzar. When she looked at the redoubt t there was about two centimeters of what she called scruff that appeared on the paper, which was this very, very intense signal. She lay in wait and one night managed to be there just right time to switch the sharp recorder pen so thet could really pick up the detail of the signal. And it was a pulse, which is exactly what you might expect if an alien civilization had set up some kind of beacon,. Some people think somehow we've signed some official secret sak that says, if you detect aliens, don't tell anybody thatl

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