Williams took off his glasses and pinched the spot between them.
The ripple was increasing in frequency as it had made it's way from out beyond the solar system down here to the Earth apparently. Something had emitted it over 6 days ago or at least that is when their radio telescope had discovered the signal. Who knows how long it had been coming to them- could be thousands of years in the coming from wherever the signal/ripple had originated. The whole thing hurt his brain.
They had, of course, pointed this fluctuation out to the University and NASA but most everyone had scoffed at the very idea that a signal radio or otherwise could be coming to Earth. What were the odds anyway they had said.
"A Quadrillion to 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001," Williams had replied.
The University Head,, a Professor Maximilian Glick had been silent for a long time. Williams eventually realized the scratching noises in the background must be Glick doing the math. Williams had waited in dread- since he had just spoke out of hand not meaning to be serious or exact.
Glick had come back with a number combination that far exceeded what Williams had said and then criticized Williams for not being exact when quoting the odds. Williams had apologized and hung up.
The Guys at NASA had said it was probably a bad report from the Hubble and not to worry they had people checking on it at that moment. Williams thought he had heard laughter in the background.
"Prof?" Mick said, his voice rising in pitch
"What now?" Williams said wishing the ripple would go away.
"The ripple has increased in frequency like a million times ten!"
Williams opened his eyes and stared at the numbers. Sure enough what had been decimals in the .0000001 range where increasing at a .00001 per second as the ripples strength increased.
The ripple had ceased. Now is was a full on wave.
Let's see the boys down at NASA explain this one.
The ripple was increasing in frequency as it had made it's way from out beyond the solar system down here to the Earth apparently. Something had emitted it over 6 days ago or at least that is when their radio telescope had discovered the signal. Who knows how long it had been coming to them- could be thousands of years in the coming from wherever the signal/ripple had originated. The whole thing hurt his brain.
They had, of course, pointed this fluctuation out to the University and NASA but most everyone had scoffed at the very idea that a signal radio or otherwise could be coming to Earth. What were the odds anyway they had said.
"A Quadrillion to 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001," Williams had replied.
The University Head,, a Professor Maximilian Glick had been silent for a long time. Williams eventually realized the scratching noises in the background must be Glick doing the math. Williams had waited in dread- since he had just spoke out of hand not meaning to be serious or exact.
Glick had come back with a number combination that far exceeded what Williams had said and then criticized Williams for not being exact when quoting the odds. Williams had apologized and hung up.
The Guys at NASA had said it was probably a bad report from the Hubble and not to worry they had people checking on it at that moment. Williams thought he had heard laughter in the background.
"Prof?" Mick said, his voice rising in pitch
"What now?" Williams said wishing the ripple would go away.
"The ripple has increased in frequency like a million times ten!"
Williams opened his eyes and stared at the numbers. Sure enough what had been decimals in the .0000001 range where increasing at a .00001 per second as the ripples strength increased.
The ripple had ceased. Now is was a full on wave.
Let's see the boys down at NASA explain this one.
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