Maybe
other fast radio bursts that Arecibo observed didn't show the same rotation signature because the telescope wasn't ready to measure it yet.
Not exact matches
While Law has his pet hypothesis about the origin of
fast radio bursts — a magnetar surrounded by either material ejected by a supernova explosion or material ejected by a resulting pulsar — there are
other possibilities.
The origin of a
fast radio burst in this type of dwarf galaxy suggests a connection to
other energetic events that occur in similar dwarf galaxies, said co-author and UC Berkeley astronomer Casey Law, who led development of the data - acquisition system and created the analysis software to search for rapid, one - off
bursts.
Other radio astronomers are working to answer myriad questions about dark matter,
fast radio bursts, and much more.