Reality Lets Me Down, Again

From the “You Read Too Much SF” file: I was really disappointed by the press release that went with the headline:

Mysterious energy burst stuns astronomers

A headline like that really ought to involve bodies strewn about a remote observatory, and enigmatic alien forces roaming free, perhaps being hunted by menacing government agents. Sadly, it just refers to some sort of surprisingly large radio emitter in the very distant reaches of the universe.