But the antenna's detection of the first FRB — and the subsequent confirmed discovery of nearly two dozen more
powerful radio pulses across the sky by Parkes and other radio telsescopes — has sent astrophysicists scurrying to find more of the objects and to explain them.
The Green Bank Telescope (GBT) has been used to detect 15 brief but
powerful radio pulses emanating from FRB 121102.
Not exact matches
Last week, a scientific paper suggested that the
powerful, milliseconds - long
pulses of
radio waves from space result when superdense burnt - out stars called neutron stars collide and perish in remote galaxies.
We know very little about FRBs in general,» explains Justin Vandenbroucke, a University of Wisconsin — Madison physicist who, with his colleagues, is turning IceCube, the world's most sensitive neutrino telescope, to the task of helping demystify the
powerful pulses of
radio energy generated up to billions of light - years from Earth.
In the presence of the
powerful magnetic field, the protons are susceptible to excitation by selective
radio frequency
pulses.
A University of Wisconsin — Madison physicist and his colleagues are turning IceCube, the world's most sensitive neutrino telescope, to the task of helping demystify
powerful pulses of
radio energy generated up to billions of light - years from Earth.
MRI uses a
powerful magnetic field and
radio frequency
pulses to make the internal structures of the body, such as organs, bone, and soft tissues, visible on a computer screen.