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A Bizarre Fast Radio Burst From 3 Billion Light-Years Away
From https://stacker.com/stories/1610/space-discoveries-will-blow-your-mind, there is still much to be discovered out there in the mysterious vastness of the universe. Now, an international team of astronomers have discovered what is believed to be the only second instance of a special type of repeating fast radio bursts (or FRBs for short).
The team’s https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04755-5, which were published in the journal Nature, detail how the researchers were able to use two of the world’s most powerful radio telescopes to identify the new fast radio burst, which they have named FRB 190520.
Fast radio bursts are radio pulses with lengths ranging from a fraction of a millisecond to a few milliseconds.
Alternatively, the extremely magnetized versions of neutron stars, or magnetars, might also be prime sources for these mysterious radio bursts.
The team’s https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04755-5, which were published in the journal Nature, detail how the researchers were able to use two of the world’s most powerful radio telescopes to identify the new fast radio burst, which they have named FRB 190520.
Fast radio bursts are radio pulses with lengths ranging from a fraction of a millisecond to a few milliseconds.
Alternatively, the extremely magnetized versions of neutron stars, or magnetars, might also be prime sources for these mysterious radio bursts.
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