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Something in space has been lighting up every 20 minutes since 1988 (arstechnica.com)
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[–] Chariotwheel@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Well, someone in space has a nicotine addiction

[–] Chadus_Maximus@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Well as long as it keeps doing that we're fine. If it randomly stops, just to restart after an arbitrary period of time, we should be concerned.

[–] emmanuel_car@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Occasionally, a window will also go by without any bursts.

It looks like it does that already.