Magnetic Secrets of Mysterious Radio Bursts in a Faraway Galaxy
18.01.18 | Cuca Margoux
Snap, crackle or pop?
Nature keeps coming up with new and baffling ways to blow things up.
Astronomers have been baffled lately by the mysterious pulses of cosmic energy known as fast radio bursts that seem to pepper the cosmos. In a few unpredictable milliseconds, they typically emit as much energy as the sun does in a day. About 30 of these objects have been discovered deep in space since the first was detected in 2007, all but one burping out a cataclysmic radio pulse exactly once and then disappearing into the night.
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