Cosmic Enigma Solved? Extreme Stars May Hold the Key to Mysterious Radio Bursts
A universal relation for pulsars, magnetars, and potentially fast radio bursts. An international research team led by Michael Kramer and Kuo Liu from the Max…
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Bright Sparks & Dark Secrets: How Fast Radio Bursts Illuminate the Distant Cosmos
A newly observed high-energy FRB from a distant galaxy challenges existing models and relationships, offering fresh insights into the vast cosmos. An unusually high-energy fast…
Galactic Flashbacks: 8 Billion-Year-Old Radio Burst Unlocks Universal Secrets
Astronomers have identified the oldest and most distant fast radio burst (FRB) yet, about eight billion years old, supporting theories on FRBs and their ability…
Astronomers Link “Starquakes” to Mysterious Radio Signals From Space
Research from the University of Tokyo links fast radio bursts (FRBs) to “starquakes” on neutron stars, offering new insights into earthquakes and nuclear physics. Fast…
Smashing Records: Astronomers Detect Fast Radio Burst From 8 Billion Light-Years Away
Astronomers have detected the most distant ‘fast radio burst’ (FRB) ever, providing a potential tool to measure the Universe’s hidden matter. Upcoming telescopes promise to…
Mysterious Galactic Signals: Magnetar Observations Shed New Light on Fast Radio Bursts
An international team reports on a radio pulsar phase of a Galactic magnetar that emitted a fast radio burst in 2020; observations suggest unique origins…
Twice the Mystery: Astronomers Double the Number of Known Repeating Fast Radio Bursts
Statistics tools support the idea that all radio bursts may repeat if observed long enough. Scientists from the MIT Kavli Institute and others have doubled…
Strange Transient Radio Pulses Provide Clues to Mysterious Origin
A mysterious cosmological object in a distant dwarf galaxy is producing Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs), with new research revealing a rare astronomical environment around its…
Extreme Twisted Magnetic Fields Discovered Around Mysterious Fast Radio Burst
Scientists led by Dr. Di Li from the NAOC have discovered an extreme field reversal around Fast Radio Burst FRB 20190520B, indicating the signal may…
The Universe on Repeat: Doubling the Number of Repeating Fast Radio Burst Sources
New technique for identifying FRBs offers the promise of further discoveries. Astronomers from McGill University are part of an international team that has discovered 25…
Cosmic Probes: Astronomers Discover Massively Powerful Fast Radio Bursts That Skewer Nearby Galaxy
After upgrading the radio telescope array at Westerbork, The Netherlands, astronomers have found five new Fast Radio Bursts. The telescope images, much sharper than previously…
Dynamically Evolving Environment Discovered Around a Repeating Fast Radio Burst Source
Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are highly dispersed millisecond-duration radio bursts. They are immensely powerful, comparable to the amount of energy that would be produced by…
Surprising New Features of Mysterious Fast Radio Bursts Defy Current Understanding
Fast Radio Bursts – A Puzzling and Deepening Mystery An international team of scientists reveals an evolving, magnetized environment and surprising source location for deep-space…
Powerful Radio Pulses Originating Deep in the Cosmos Probe Hidden Matter Around Galaxies
Powerful cosmic radio pulses originating deep in the universe can be used to study hidden pools of gas cocooning nearby galaxies, according to a new…
“Boom, Boom, Boom” – MIT Astronomers Detect a Strange “Heartbeat” Billions of Light-Years From Earth
A distant neutron star could be the origin of the clear and periodic pattern of fast radio bursts. A strange and persistent radio signal from…
Astronomers Discover Mysterious Repeating Bursts of Radio Waves From Outer Space
In radio astronomy, a fast radio burst (FRB) is a transient radio pulse of length ranging from a fraction of a millisecond to a few…
Astronomers Closer to Unlocking Mysterious Origin of Fast Radio Bursts
New study by international team of scientists identifies polarization as key trait that may reveal the origin of the powerful millisecond-long cosmic radio explosions. Nearly…
Mysterious Fast Radio Burst Is the Closest Astronomers Have Ever Seen
Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) are among the top mysteries facing astronomers today. First discovered in 2007 (the famous “Lorimer Burst“), these energetic events consist of…