Mysterious Deep-Space Flashes: 19 More 'Fast Radio Bursts' Found [View all]

[Judi Lynn]

By Mike Wall, Space.com Senior Writer | October 10, 2018 01:01pm ET

Telescopes have picked up a huge number of mysterious signals coming from deep in space, Australian researchers have announced.

The radio telescopes have nearly doubled the number of the known “fast radio bursts” – bright flashes of radio waves that make their way to Earth from deep space.

And the signals represent the closest and brightest of the bursts that have ever been found.

Fast radio bursts are one of the most mysterious phenomena in the universe. They are blasts of incredible energy – equivalent to the amount released by the Sun in 80 years – that last for just a moment, and come from a mysterious source.

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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/frb-fast-radio-bursts-space-alien-life-proof-extra-terrestrial-telescope-nasa-galaxy-a8578011.html