In 2007, a student discovered a really weird thing in archival radio data. David Narkevic was working for Duncan Lorimer and found a 5-millisecond burst of energy in the Radio that appeared to be of extragalactic origin. In the years since then, over 100 of these objects have been discovered, with a few of them repeating on a regular basis. No one had predicted something like this should exist, and figuring out what exactly we’re seeing has been a wild ride. And the ride has not yet reached the end. Based on what we’ve seen so far, the radio bursts are caused by high energy,...