Astronomers Trace Mysterious Repeating Fast Radio Burst to Nearby Galaxy Similar to Ours
For more than a decade, astronomers across the globe have wrestled with the perplexities of fast radio bursts—intense, unexplained cosmic flashes of energy, light years away, that pop for mere milliseconds. Despite the hundreds of records of these enigmatic sources, researchers have only pinpointed the precise location of four such bursts. Now there’s a fifth, detected by a team of … Continue reading
Mysterious Repeating Radio Bursts from Deep Space Surprise Scientists
First repeating fast radio bursts detected by McGill researcher — raising new questions about origin Mysterious radio blips from deep space, far beyond our galaxy, have puzzled scientists since the first one was discovered in 2001. Now, a Canadian scientist and his international collaborators have detected repeat performances of a “fast radio burst” for the first time. That raises new … Continue reading
