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New CSIRO technology detects more than 20 mysterious signals in space

More than 20 mysterious signals have been detected in space after a team of Australian researchers began sifting through intergalactic signals. "We were focused on finding fast radio bursts, a mysterious phenomenon that has opened up a new field of research in astronomy," Dr Wang said. By using the new technology, researchers initially found two fast radio bursts and two sporadically emitting neutron stars and improved the location data of four pulsars. CSIRO astronomer and engineer Keith Bannister, who developed CRACO, said the new technology tapped into the ASKAP radio telescope's live view of the sky to find fast radio bursts. "So optical in particular, we can measure the distance to that galaxy, and that's really where those fast radio bursts are going to provide that key probe of the universe."

ABC

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