Fast radio bursts

New clues about mysterious deep space signals

Researchers zoom in on a dead star’s erratic behavior.

New insights into Fast Radio Bursts

Scientists find more pieces to the puzzle of mysterious space signals.

An extraordinary aurora-like display occured above a Sunspot

A peculiar type of long-lasting polarized radio bursts emanating from a sunspot.

Fast radio bursts from distant neutron stars

“Starquakes” could explain mystery signals.

An exceptional cosmic blast detected

This burst is much closer than typical GRBs.

Astronomers detected the long-lasting FRB to date

The clear and periodic pattern of fast radio bursts may originate from a distant neutron star.

Astronomers observed the largest-ever set of mysterious fast radio bursts

The source represents more FRBs in one event than all previously reported occurrences combined.

Radio pulses from Crab Pulsar release far more energy than previously suspected

NASA’s NICER finds x-ray boosts in the Crab Pulsar’s radio bursts.

The first radio emission detected from exoplanet

This radio detection opens up a new window on exoplanets, giving us a novel way to examine alien worlds that are tens of light-years away.

First direct distance measurement to magnetar within our Milky Way Galaxy

A measurement that could help determine if magnetars are the sources mysterious Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs).

Astronomers found the exact location of four fast radio bursts

Fast Radio Bursts are very mysterious bursts of radio waves, coming from all over the sky. In just a millisecond, a single burst releases...

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