04 November 2020
New studies reveal the origin of fast radio bursts
... as a magnetar in our galaxy suggesting that powerful objects of this type are the main source of other discovered bursts. Fast radio bursts (FRBs) first came to the attention of astronomers thirteen years ago when Duncan Lorimer and his colleagues...
05 January 2017
Astronomers pinpoint location of mysterious fast radio bursts
... source of a rare millisecond-long "fast radio burst” (FRBs) that has perplexed astronomers since... a supermassive black hole would produce these energetic radio bursts. This latter scenario is perhaps closer to the truth, as in addition to...
29 May 2020
Cosmic bursts solve Universe's 'missing matter' problem
...”, Macquart and colleagues have been able to determine the density of the Universe by measuring the distances to enough fast radio bursts. "We only needed six to find this missing matter,” says Macquart. Adding that it was equivalent to “only one...
14 September 2018
AI helps find new pulses from mysterious FRB source
... at Breakthrough Listen – a SETI initiative to find signs of intelligent life in the Universe – to learn more about a strange, repeating Fast Radio Burst (FRB) source, that is unlike any others identified so far. FRBs are bright pulses...
08 June 2020
New discovery provides important clues on mysterious cosmic bursts
... at the Jodrell Bank Observatory, UK, scientists are now one step closer to uncovering where they come from. Fast Radio Bursts or FRBs as they are known as, first came to the attention of astronomers thirteen years ago and were initially...
September 2017
Telescope targets enigmatic deep space mystery
... data of the High Time Resolution Universe survey at the Parkes radio telescope and the class ‘Fast Radio Bursts’ (FRBs) emerged. Fast - because they only lasted a few milliseconds, radio - because they had only been seen at this wavelength so far...
