Mysterious object traveling 4x speed of light

[J'aimelescravates]

Very interesting science article

Would love to hear your intelligent thoughts on the linked article.

a snippet:

"There is something strange in the cosmic neighbourhood. An unknown object in the nearby galaxy M82 has started sending out radio waves, and the emission does not look like anything seen anywhere in the universe before.

"We don't know what it is," says co-discoverer Tom Muxlow of Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics near Macclesfield, UK."

 

[Jekyll]

Second Coming of Christ. Cosmic **** yo.

 

[DNW]

Doomsday 2012. It's coming for us!

 

[GQgeek]

It's not actually travelling at 4x the speed of light...

Anyway, I'm not sure what you're expecting out of us. I'm pretty sure there aren't any astrophysicists on this board, but maybe coldarchon will chime in if you're lucky.

 

[J'aimelescravates]

lol come on
I was hoping for something like "Radio waves are protons which are massless and therefore is possible for them to exceed speed of light"

 

[acidboy]

 

[Don Carlos]

Originally Posted by GQgeek

Anyway, I'm not sure what you're expecting out of us. I'm pretty sure there aren't any astrophysicists on this board,

But isn't that half the fun of internet message boards? Nobody's an expert, but everyone pretends to be, and vicious debates full of Wikipedia-linked "references" ensue in support of either side of whatever argument isn't eventually derailed by another one.

 

[DNW]

Originally Posted by Arrogant Bastard

But isn't that half the fun of internet message boards? Nobody's an expert, but everyone pretends to be, and vicious debates full of Wikipedia-linked "references" ensue in support of either side of whatever argument isn't eventually derailed by another one.

That doesn't sound like it came from an arrogant bastard. Grow a pair and assert yourself!

 

[FLMountainMan]

Originally Posted by DNW

That doesn't sound like it came from an arrogant bastard. Grow a pair and assert yourself!

This. Your handle has been proven time and time again to be a misnomer. And this is coming from a guy named FloridaMountainMan who has thousands of posts on a men's fashion website.

 

[Don Carlos]

Originally Posted by FLMountainMan

Your handle has been proven time and time again to be a misnomer.

I am a man of contradictions, and I live to disappoint!

 

[oman]

oh this is just my boy ford from betelgeuse trying to catch a cab

 

[Mr. White]

What the scientists don't realize is that Chui the Janitor left the microwave on in the basement.

 

[Thomas]

eh, seems that the 4x*c quoted is a measurement that was distorted by relativity effects.

Happens to me all the time when I'm late to work and the freeway's open ahead.

 

[Agnacious]

Same relativistic / time dilation effects as covered in any intro particle physics course e.g. Muons. Don't know why this is news.

 

[J'aimelescravates]

Originally Posted by Agnacious

Same relativistic / time dilation effects as covered in any intro particle physics course e.g. Muons. Don't know why this is news.

The reason it is news is because it is a constant signal, not a burst of radio waves like you'd normally get from celestial happenings