Fast Radio Burst

Scientists have discovered another uber-powerful, repeating radio burst from space — and it's getting them one step closer to unlocking a huge mystery.

Fast!

We still have no idea what caused it.

Astronomers Discover Another Mysterious, Repeating Radio Transmission From Space

In late April, the international team observed a massively bright outburst of X-rays and radio waves. They traced it back to a magnetar in the Milky Way.

Shine So Bright

Well, that was surprising.

A Dead Star Gave Off Something Scientists Have Never Seen Before

A team of astronomers have discovered a "fast radio burst" (FRB) signal, mysterious flashes of millisecond wave energy, that repeats itself every 157 days

Galactic Dance Party

Scientists can't explain these mysterious signals from space — but they're trying.

Astronomers Record Signal Coming From Deep Space Every 157 Days

A team of Cornell University researchers have spotted a fast radio signal source that pulses on an astonishingly regular 16-day cycle.

Aliens?

A mysterious signal, from deep space, is repeating every 16 days.

Powerful Radio Signal From Distant Galaxy Seems to Have a Pattern

Astronomers have reported finding eight new repeating fast radio bursts, potential alien signals, brining the total number of known repeaters up to 10.

Repeat That

The number of known repeating FRBs just jumped from two to 10.

Astronomers Detect Eight New Potential Alien Signals

The strange signals just got stranger. 

Researchers Have Found 15 New "Cosmic Whistles" Unlike Any We've Detected Before

Extraterrestrials haven't been ruled out as the cause of this strange space phenomenon.

Harvard Scientists Say Fast Radio Bursts Could Be Evidence of Alien Life

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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