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VMA131Marine

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Mon Aug 29, 2016, 08:41 PM

Aug 2016

The Universe is only about 13.8 billion years old so there is no way this star can be 65 billion years old. 6.5 billion, maybe, which would make it 2 billion years older than our own sun.

Update: the original source article quotes the age of the star as 6.3 billion years:

http://www.centauri-dreams.org/?p=36248

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Not a Drill: SETI Is Investigating a Possible Extraterrestrial Signal From Deep Space [View all] 63splitwindow Aug 2016 OP

Something got lost in translation VMA131Marine Aug 2016 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #3

Oops, my bad. Don't know what the problem is. 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #4

exciting! rurallib Aug 2016 #2

6.3B years old, not 65B BadgerKid Aug 2016 #5

also 95 LY away is fairly close, in terms of our galactic neighborhood. Warren DeMontague Aug 2016 #18

if i pack in a hurry pscot Aug 2016 #30

Shhhhhhh! Don't say this too loudly! The religious people might lose their $hit! TheDebbieDee Aug 2016 #6

The ironic thing is that one of those extraterrestial beings MIGHT be their God. 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #7

The REAL irony for Christians is that if Jesus has returned... TheDebbieDee Aug 2016 #8

He would be branded a Lib and shunned. If he had ertraterrestial powers their asses would be grass. 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #9

R U say'n Kolob is orbiting HD164595? HereSince1628 Aug 2016 #11

I'm say'n the possibilities are infinite and beyond our limited comprehension. 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #12

Detected in Russia, eh? Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #10

Disliking that the Russians sat on this for a year GoDawgs Aug 2016 #13

Looks like it they are not operating. Here is link to their website. 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #14

Too bad. China's FAST is finished but still shakedown & commissioning GoDawgs Aug 2016 #15

The obligatory... Binkie The Clown Aug 2016 #16

Yeah, I had to stop at 65 Billion year old star, too. Warren DeMontague Aug 2016 #17

Go to the source story where the age is correctly stated... 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #19

Yeah, I got that. Just find mainstream science reporting exasperating, that's all. Warren DeMontague Aug 2016 #23

So is "Independence Day: Resurgence" about to hit streaming? (n/t) Kennah Aug 2016 #20

Well, let's see. It was estimated in 2014 that there were roughly 70 billion trillion 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #21

Look around PJMcK Aug 2016 #29

A 6.5 billion old Sol would not be a good star to be home for life. longship Aug 2016 #22

we only have a sample size of one for life to go on, at this point, so we can't really say. Warren DeMontague Aug 2016 #24

Well, stellar evolution is more than a hunch. longship Aug 2016 #25

I'm not suggesting that we don't have enough data to know what happens to stars. Warren DeMontague Aug 2016 #26

Or, could the signal be a billion years old forgotmylogin Aug 2016 #27

According to the article, no, assuming they've got the right star as the source. Warren DeMontague Aug 2016 #28

An advanced civilization might move as its star brightened daleo Aug 2016 #39

But not likely. longship Aug 2016 #40

I Wonder Why magicnpoetry Aug 2016 #31

They get a lot of false positives, so they try to rule out a much a they can bananas Sep 2016 #44

IF they could pick up our radio... Thor_MN Aug 2016 #32

Don't you believe it is somewhat naive to rule out anything about "them" or their capabilities? 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #33

I think it's naive to believe that physics can somehow work differently. Thor_MN Aug 2016 #35

We no more understand the capabilities of beings millions of years more advanced than us 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #36

Trying to argue that you don't understand physics is hardly a winning tactic.... Thor_MN Aug 2016 #37

Claiming no know all there is to know about what we call physics and how it can be 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #38

"Claiming no know all there is to know" Huh? Thor_MN Aug 2016 #41

I am done with you. 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #42

Sounds good. Thor_MN Aug 2016 #43

It is on CNN frontpage now 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #34

We can't possibly imagine.. that a Russian Military satellite could confuse a Russian observatory Thor_MN Sep 2016 #45