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2023-01-27 12:30:01 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: B3EC1950638E6B6018F32DA050289F703A433A8E21805279E37997A636705DA3
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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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