ASKAP observations of multiple rapid scintillators reveal a degrees-long plasma filament · HackerPapers discussionshttps://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2101.06048/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMTASKAP observations of multiple rapid scintillators reveal a degrees-long plasma filament — mentioned by supernova87ahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26047622urn:hackerpapers:mention:2101.06048:26047622Sat, 06 Feb 2021 16:33:59 GMT<p>A copy of the paper for anyone who can&#x27;t read the journal site: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2101.06048.pdf On reading it, one thing I&#x27;m a little stylistically critical of (and this is minor): They go through all the principles, methodology, findings -- distances, dimensions, (0.1 pc at 4 pc distance), velocity, properties, etc. etc. of this thing. But I guess in keeping with the tradition of hiding the headline worthy thing that the BBC would want to write about, not once did they just outright clearly say &quot;we believe this is a filament of dark gas in our own galaxy causing this&quot;! The terms…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2101.06048/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>astro-ph.GA