ASTRONOMERS DISCOVER SOURCE OF MYSTERIOUS WAVES: THE MICROWAVE OVEN

For 17 years, astronomers at a well-known Australian radio telescope known as “The Dish” had not been able to figure out the source of a strange interference. A couple of times a year, short radio signals known as Perytons were detected “within five kilometers” of the radio telescope in New South Wales, but no one could figure out where they were coming from. Back in January, the observatory installed a new receiver to monitor the interference, and it detected strong signals at 2.4 gigahertz. Somebody pointed out that 2.4 gigahertz is the signature of a microwave oven. They quickly tested the facility’s lunchroom microwave and discovered – after 17 years, mind you – that when the door of the microwave was opened after, say, reheating coffee, Perytons spilled out and were picked up by their telescope.
* Maybe next year they can just install a hotplate.
* Astronomers were looking for E.T and they ended up finding G.E.
* Bill Nye could have cleared this up with one phone call.
* So why do they have their telescope pointing at the lunchroom?
* This also explains why every time they detected Perytons, the smell of popcorn would stink up the place.