"It truly is a major discovery, and helps to bring the origin of these mysterious phenomena into focus."

A dead star gave off something scientists have never seen before

Shine So Bright

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.

A Dead Star Gave Off Something Scientists Have Never Seen Before

Well, that was surprising.

"This exciting discovery highlights how little we know about the origin of [fast radio bursts]."

Astronomers record signal coming from deep space every 157 days

Galactic Dance Party

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

Astronomers Record Signal Coming From Deep Space Every 157 Days

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

The call is coming from inside the galaxy.

Scientists detect powerful radio burst coming from our own galaxy

Hard Science

For the first time, astronomers just detected a fast radio burst (FRB), mysterious millisecond-wave bursts of radio waves, within our own galaxy.

Scientists Detect Powerful Radio Burst Coming From Our Own Galaxy

"Something like this has never been seen before."

Powerful radio signal from distant galaxy seems to have a pattern

Aliens?

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

Powerful Radio Signal From Distant Galaxy Seems to Have a Pattern

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

The telescope is so sensitive, it could even spot distant exoplanets by their radio emissions alone

China opens up ginormous alien-hunting telescope

Fast Telescope

After three years of tests, China is opening up its gigantic 500-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) to astronomers from all over the world.

China Opens Up Ginormous Alien-Hunting Telescope

It's the biggest single-dish radio telescope in the world, spanning the length of 30 soccer fields.

It turns out that first repeating FRB wasn’t an anomaly

Researchers discover second repeating fast radio burst

Double Trouble

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

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

The mysterious signals are slowly becoming less mysterious.

It's tedious for humans to sift through all that data, but really easy for AI.

AI just detected 72 radio bursts that could come from aliens

Off World

An AI just discovered an additionally 72 fast radio bursts emanating from FRB 121102, a source in a galaxy 3 billion light years from Earth.

AI Just Detected 72 Radio Bursts That Could Come From Aliens

AI can sift through hours of radio noise for signals that may indicate intelligent alien life.

Scientists are one step closer to understanding the source of fast radio bursts, thanks to observing a repeating burst three billion lightyears from Earth.

Scientists are tracing the source of one of the most mysterious signals in space

Scientists observed a repeating fast radio burst three billion lightyears from Earth. The discovery gives clues about the source of these mysterious bursts.

Scientists Are Tracing the Source of One of the Most Mysterious Signals in Space

"We are zooming in even further on where these fast radio bursts are coming from."

An international team of researchers discovered the signals emanating from FRB 121102 are immensely twisted.

Fast Radio Bursts have a unique property that can help us determine their source

Researchers have discovered the waves from FRB 121102 are highly twisted, suggesting they must be passing through a powerful magnetic field.

Fast Radio Bursts Have a Unique Property That Can Help Us Determine Their Source

We're one step closer to understanding this mysterious space phenomenon.

FRB 150215, the most recent "cosmic whistle" that's been detected, appears to be different from other FRBs that have been discovered in the last decade.

/ fast-radio-bursts