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,...
Plasma Bubbles Surround Sources of Fast Radio Bursts
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