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A team of astronomers has discovered a total of 25 different fast radio bursts, extremely powerful pulses of radio waves, that repeat in complex patterns.

Sky Bursts

We still have no idea what's behind them.

Astronomers Intrigued by 25 Mysterious Repeating Radio Signals From Deep Space

Scientists have presented new evidence that a magnetar within the Milky Way was the source of a strange fast radio burst recorded in April.

BUUURP

It released an incredible amount of energy in just milliseconds — and we still don't know why.

Astronomers Pinpoint Source of Mysterious Radio Burst Signal

Researchers discover 13 new fast radio bursts (FRBs), including only the second known repeating example of the cosmic phenomenon.

Double Trouble

The mysterious signals are slowly becoming less mysterious.

Fast Radio Bursts Could Be Signs of Alien Life — and We Just Found 13 More of Them

New discovery debunks existing theories that fast radio bursts are caused by cosmic cataclysmic events—could there be something deliberate and conscious behind these regular radio signals?

Scientists Find Mysterious, Repeating Radio Bursts Emanating From Space

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