Sentences with phrase «mysterious fast radio bursts»

Astronomers seeking mysterious fast radio bursts have traced one back to its host galaxy — and found such signals could have more than one type of source

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Fast radio bursts, or FRBs, are mysterious flashes of radio waves originating outside our Milky Way galaxy.

Penn State University astronomers have discovered that the mysterious «cosmic whistles» known as fast radio bursts can pack a serious punch, in some cases releasing a billion times more energy in gamma - rays than they do in radio waves and rivaling the stellar cataclysms known as supernovae in their explosive power.

«Fast radio burst tied to distant dwarf galaxy, and perhaps magnetar: First localization of mysterious bursts pinpoints galaxy 3 billion light years away.»

Scientists have identified the source of mysterious flashes of cosmic radio waves known as fast radio bursts (FRBs): a surprisingly small galaxy more than 3 billion light - years away.

Arecibo's recent work includes searching for gravitational waves by the effect they have on the clocklike regularity of dead stars called pulsars; watching for mysterious blasts of energy called fast radio bursts (SN Online: 12/21/16); and keeping tabs on near - Earth asteroids.

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are a rare and mysterious phenomenon.

Last February a team of astronomers reported detecting an afterglow from a mysterious event called a fast radio burst, which would pinpoint the precise position of the burst's origin, a longstanding goal in studies of these mysterious events.

Dark matter hitting black holes could be the source of some fast radio bursts — mysterious blasts of radio waves that come from billions of light years away, first detected 10 years ago.

However, newly published research suggests that mysterious phenomena called fast radio bursts could be evidence of advanced alien technology.

Scientists have identified the source of mysterious flashes of cosmic radio waves known as fast radio bursts: a surprisingly small galaxy more than 3 billion light - years away.

For the first time, astronomers have pinpointed the location in the sky of a Fast Radio Burst (FRB), allowing them to determine the distance and home galaxy of one of these mysterious pulses of radio wRadio Burst (FRB), allowing them to determine the distance and home galaxy of one of these mysterious pulses of radio wradio waves.

For the first time, astronomers have pinpointed the location in the sky of a Fast Radio Burst, allowing them to determine the distance and home galaxy of one of these mysterious pulses of radio wRadio Burst, allowing them to determine the distance and home galaxy of one of these mysterious pulses of radio wradio waves.

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are strange, extremely bright and mysterious signals from space.