Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-01-31 22:55:35 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 9C5C6924BEADD5CCB78ED774617810DDB7F477D96F5753DC726A142ED3F10EFF
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Original Note:
This observation is not evidence of extraterrestrial life. Radio telescopes (like the one used in this study) detect many natural astronomical sources of radio-frequency radiation (like the star-forming galaxy observed here). Original study: https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/519/3/4074/6958817 More reporting: https://www.space.com/radio-signal-ancient-galaxy-record-breaking-distance
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