Science
A mysterious radio burst from space is back, right on schedule – CNET
Roughly every 1610 days it starts all over again.
We’re already picking up more signals from deep space.
Danielle Futselaar
In June this year, astronomers found a fast radio burst (FRB), FRB 121102, repeating in a regular pattern, from somewhere in deep space. It was only the second time a radio burst with a discernible, repeating pattern was discovered. The first was discovered back in February this year.
FRBs are transient radio pulses that vary in length between a fraction of a millisecond and a few milliseconds. We’re still not sure w…
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