Fast Radio Bursts

Measuring Distances in the Universe With Fast Radio Bursts

Astronomers still aren't entirely sure what causes fast radio bursts, which can briefly release a galaxy's worth of energy. However,…

1 month ago

Hubble Shows That a Fast Radio Burst Came From a Giant Group of Galaxies

Way back when the cosmos was only five billion years old, a powerful explosion happened in a group of young…

2 months ago

Another Fast Radio Burst is Coming from a Hypernebula. Also, Hypernebulae are a Thing

If nothing else catches your attention in the title then surely ‘hypernebula’ does! There are some amazing processes scattered around…

3 months ago

A Fast Radio Burst Took 8 Billion Years to Reach Us

A newly discovered fast radio burst (FRB) absolutely smashed the record for the most distant ever discovered. The burst was…

5 months ago

Now Astronomers have Discovered “Ultra-Fast Radio Bursts” Lasting Millionths of a Second

A recent study published in Nature Astronomy examines the discovery of what astronomers are dubbing “ultra-fast radio bursts”, a new…

5 months ago

Astronomers Watched a Fast Radio Burst Go Right Through a Star’s Atmosphere

The universe is filled with things that go flash in the night. That includes fast radio bursts (FRBs). These are…

10 months ago

Three Fast Radio Bursts Punched Right Through a Nearby Galaxy

Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) are cosmic mysteries that are slowly but surely revealing their secrets. These bright flashes of light…

11 months ago

Gravitational Waves From Colliding Neutron Stars Matched to a Fast Radio Burst

A recent study by an Australian-American team has provided compelling evidence that FRBs may be caused by merging neutron stars.

12 months ago

Astronomers Find 25 Fast Radio Bursts That Repeat on a Regular Basis

Researchers with the CHIME/FRB Collaboration have announced the discovery of 25 new repeating FRBs, almost doubling the number of known…

1 year ago

Astronomers Used a Fast Radio Burst to Probe the Structure of the Milky Way

Astronomers from Caltech used a Fast Radio Burst (FRB) from another galaxy to probe the distribution of matter in the…

1 year ago