Over a thousand cosmic explosions traced to repeating fast radio burst
3 years, 2 months ago

Over a thousand cosmic explosions traced to repeating fast radio burst

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. An outburst of explosions has been traced back to a mysterious repeating fast radio burst in space called FRB 121102. But repeating fast radio bursts are known to send out short, energetic radio waves multiple times. FRB 121102 was thefirst repeating fast radio burst to be traced back to its source, linked back to a small dwarf galaxy more than 3 billion light-years away in 2017. NAOC The Commensal Radio Astronomy FAST Survey has helped find six new fast radio bursts, including a repeating one like FRB 121102.

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Astronomers have pinpointed the origin of mysterious repeating radio bursts from space
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Astronomers have pinpointed the origin of mysterious repeating radio bursts from space

Raw Story  

Slowly repeating bursts of intense radio waves from space have puzzled astronomers since they were discovered in 2022. We know some repeating radio signals come from a kind of neutron star called a radio pulsar, which spins rapidly, beaming out radio waves like a lighthouse. When the wind hits the white dwarf’s magnetic field, it would be accelerated, producing radio …

Intense radio signals are coming from massive galaxies, scientists say
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Intense radio signals are coming from massive galaxies, scientists say

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Mysterious blasts of intense energy, known as fast radio bursts, are coming from …

Scientists trace powerful radio signal to most distant galaxy yet
1 year, 2 months ago

Scientists trace powerful radio signal to most distant galaxy yet

The Hindu  

Every day and night, hundreds of thousands of intense, brief flashes of radiation suddenly flicker on and then off all across the sky. These “fast radio bursts” are invisible to the naked eye, but to a radio telescope many almost outshine everything else in the sky for a few thousandths of a second. Fast radio bursts let us study the …

New unusual repeating fast radio burst detected 3 billion light-years away
2 years, 6 months ago

New unusual repeating fast radio burst detected 3 billion light-years away

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. CNN — Astronomers have detected a mysterious, repeating fast radio burst emanating from a dwarf galaxy located 3 billion light-years away. But repeating fast radio bursts are known to send out short, energetic radio waves multiple times. New questions The latest findings raise more questions because now astronomers wonder if there might …

Scientists have traced down the source of several mysterious fast radio bursts
3 years, 7 months ago

Scientists have traced down the source of several mysterious fast radio bursts

Daily Mail  

Thanks to NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, researchers have tracked down the origins of several mysterious fast radio bursts to five distant galaxies. The researchers were able to find the FRBs, thanks to the ultraviolet and near-infrared light spotted by the Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope tracked down the origins of several fast radio bursts to galaxies …

Fast radio burst detected in the Milky Way is repeating, scientists confirm
4 years, 1 month ago

Fast radio burst detected in the Milky Way is repeating, scientists confirm

Firstpost  

In April this year, a weaker burst was detected and astronomers tracked it to a unique kind of star called a magnetar some 30,000 light-years away from us. While at first, most FRBs were detected from outside our galaxy, objects within our Milky Way galaxy have also been detected to spit out radio bursts. But this theory was proven wrong …

New findings make fast radio bursts all the more intriguing
4 years, 1 month ago

New findings make fast radio bursts all the more intriguing

Live Mint  

Ever since they were discovered more than a decade ago, fast radio bursts, or FRBs—powerful, millisecond-duration radio waves that come from deep space—have kept astrophysicists guessing about their origins. Researchers working with the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment and the Survey for Transient Astronomical Radio Emission 2 —two radio telescope arrays—found conclusive evidence of radio bursts emerging from a magnetar …

Flash of luck: Astronomers find cosmic radio burst source
4 years, 1 month ago

Flash of luck: Astronomers find cosmic radio burst source

India Today  

A flash of luck helped astronomers solve a cosmic mystery: What causes powerful but fleeting radio bursts that zip and zigzag through the universe? This burst in less than a second contained about the same amount of energy that our sun produces in a month, and still that's far weaker than the radio bursts detected coming from outside our galaxy, …

Flash of luck: Astronomers find cosmic radio burst source
4 years, 1 month ago

Flash of luck: Astronomers find cosmic radio burst source

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. This burst in less than …

Astronomers detect first regular fast radio bursts with unknown origin
4 years, 6 months ago

Astronomers detect first regular fast radio bursts with unknown origin

India TV News  

Researchers have detected a strange repeating rhythm of Fast Radio Bursts emanating from an unknown source outside our galaxy, 500 million light-years away. FRBs typically last a few milliseconds, during which time they can outshine entire galaxies.Since the first FRB was observed in 2007, astronomers have catalogued over 100 fast radio bursts from distant sources scattered across the universe, outside …

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