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Viral theories surround the mysterious radio pulses discovered in Antarctica, but do we actually know what they are?

While on the hunt for neutrinos, one of the world’s most sensitive detectors, ANITA, picked up mysterious radio pulses in Antarctica during flights in 2006 and 2014. We still don’t know what these radio pulses are, but the PUEO mission — a more advanced version of ANITA — is underway to learn more about them.

#Antarctica #Unexplained #MysteriousSignals #RadioSignals #ParticlePhysics #Neutrinos #Astrophysics #ANITA #PUEO #scienceexplained

Written and Narrated by: Monica Cull
Edited by: Chris Carpineti
ANITA media: Brian Hill, Christian Miki, NASA CSBF
PUEO Media: Cosmin Deaconu
Additional visuals: Videoblocks
Music and Sound effects: Audioblocks

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