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Posted by timothy on Saturday April 24, 2010 @04:42PM from the print-them-full-size dept.

vikingpower writes "LOFAR, the LOw Frequency ARray radio telescope, under construction in the north of the Netherlands, saw its first pulsars (English translation of Dutch original) — through coupling it with radio telescopes in Germany and France. LOFAR is sensitive to wavelengths as long as seven meters, and will be inaugurated on June 12 of this year."

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Re:No SETI? No transmission? (Score:3, Funny)

by Mindcontrolled ( 1388007 ) writes: on Saturday April 24, 2010 @06:01PM (#31969664)

Nope, not many abductions around here. Also, basically no anal probing going on. The aliens seem to have a strange fetish for hillbillies and trailer trash. Why that is so is on of the great conundrums of the universe.

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