Astronomers have discovered a repeating radio burst, which could lead to a better understanding of the phenomenon.
A new paper by an international group of astrophysicists, which was published in the journal Nature this week, details the new discovery and describes how it mysteriously releases weaker signals between its repeating larger bursts.
Astronomers have been puzzled by radio signals from deep space for over a decade, and what sets fast radio bursts is their extreme power.
According to a new statement, the average FRB releases as much energy as the Sun does in a day.
Astronomers using China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) discovered a radio burst called FRB 190520B in 2019.
The team has been trying to find the source of the signal. The signal was traced back to the vicinity of a dwarf galaxy three billion light years away.
Some FRBs have been known to repeat at regular intervals, even though most appear to be one-offs.
This latest FRB is fascinating because it gives off weaker radio waves between its larger bursts.
Only one other identified FRB has done the same thing.
The new FRB seems to be a perfect "twin" to an earlier discovery, according to Caltech astronomer and study coauthorCasey Law.
Scientists hope that the similarities and differences between the two discoveries will lead to a better understanding of why they are different.
The co-author of the book is optimistic that the puzzle will be solved by investigating extremeFRBs.
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