Mystery cosmic radio bursts pinpointed0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 6, 2017
They’re one of the most persistent puzzles in modern astronomy.
They’re one of the most persistent puzzles in modern astronomy.
Repeated wave blasts suggest nondestructive event as source
Fast radio bursts, or FRBs, are mysterious flashes of radio waves originating outside our Milky Way galaxy. A team of scientists, jointly led by Caltech postdoctoral scholar Vikram Ravi and Curtin University research fellow Ryan Shannon, has now observed the most luminous FRB to date, called FRB 150807.