Science Newslink: Researchers Have Found 15 New “Cosmic Whistles” Unlike Any We’ve Detected Before 🔭

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A team of researchers from the Breakthrough Listen initiative has detected 15 new fast radio bursts, flashes of energy that we pick up as radio chirps. All 15 of these signals came from a single source — FRB 121102, the only FRB to ever repeat — and they were at a previously undetected frequency.

Extra Weird Signals


Since we first started “listening” for cosmic sounds, we’ve picked up all manner of signals, from the truly remarkable to the downright strange. Falling in the latter category are fast radio bursts (FRBs), flashes of energy that we pick up as radio chirps.


Full article in Futurism: https://futurism.com/researchers-have-found-15-new-cosmic-whistles-unlike-any-weve-detected-before/

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