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Astronomers detect regular rhythm of radio waves, with origins unknown
Posted on 6/20/20 at 8:13 pm
Posted on 6/20/20 at 8:13 pm
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This new FRB source, which the team has catalogued as FRB 180916.J0158+65, is the first to produce a periodic, or cyclical pattern of fast radio bursts. The pattern begins with a noisy, four-day window, during which the source emits random bursts of radio waves, followed by a 12-day period of radio silence.
The astronomers observed that this 16-day pattern of fast radio bursts reoccurred consistently over 500 days of observations. "This FRB we're reporting now is like clockwork," says Kiyoshi Masui, assistant professor of physics in MIT's Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research. "It's the most definitive pattern we've seen from one of these sources. And it's a big clue that we can use to start hunting down the physics of what's causing these bright flashes, which nobody really understands."
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Maybe by now the're watching I Love Lucy reruns ?
This new FRB source, which the team has catalogued as FRB 180916.J0158+65, is the first to produce a periodic, or cyclical pattern of fast radio bursts. The pattern begins with a noisy, four-day window, during which the source emits random bursts of radio waves, followed by a 12-day period of radio silence.
The astronomers observed that this 16-day pattern of fast radio bursts reoccurred consistently over 500 days of observations. "This FRB we're reporting now is like clockwork," says Kiyoshi Masui, assistant professor of physics in MIT's Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research. "It's the most definitive pattern we've seen from one of these sources. And it's a big clue that we can use to start hunting down the physics of what's causing these bright flashes, which nobody really understands."
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Maybe by now the're watching I Love Lucy reruns ?
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Posted on 6/20/20 at 9:26 pm to Trumansfangs
The way things are going, we'll decode the message the day before the gamma ray burst hits.
Posted on 6/20/20 at 11:15 pm to Trumansfangs
Obviously a rotating source.
Posted on 6/21/20 at 4:08 pm to Trumansfangs
Typical Romulan pattern.
Posted on 6/21/20 at 4:33 pm to Trumansfangs
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regular rhythm of radio waves, with origins unknown
The aliens like to party
Posted on 6/21/20 at 10:44 pm to Trumansfangs
Ra-Sun
Dio-Ronnie James
mystery solved
Dio-Ronnie James
mystery solved
This post was edited on 6/21/20 at 11:14 pm
Posted on 6/27/20 at 8:50 am to Trumansfangs
Here’s another article about the discovery.
Enigmatic magnetars are the likely sources of the signals. We’re on the verge of understanding yet another wonder of the Universe.
Enigmatic magnetars are the likely sources of the signals. We’re on the verge of understanding yet another wonder of the Universe.
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