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An artist's depiction of a magnetar.

Where do baby magnetars come from? Mysterious 'fast radio bursts' may provide clues.

By Paul Sutter published

Magnetars — highly magnetized, rapidly rotating super-dense stars — are among the most enigmatic creatures to inhabit the cosmos and their origins are shrouded in mystery.

Stars
A photo shows the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment Fast Radio Burst Project at night.

Mysterious 'fast radio bursts' from deep space repeat themselves every 16 days

By Rafi Letzter published

For the first time, astrophysicists have detected a pattern in fast radio bursts, one of the most mysterious phenomena in the universe.

Astronomy
A mysterious ring surrounds magnetar SGR 1900+14, as captured by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.

Magnetar May Hold Clues to the Mystery of Fast Radio Bursts

By Chelsea Gohd published

Scientist studying a magnetar that reawakened hope to uncover clues about fast radio bursts.

Astronomy
An animation shows the random appearance of fast radio bursts (FRBs) across the sky. Astronomers have discovered about 85 since 2007, and pinpointed two of them.

Mysterious, Ancient Radio Signals Keep Pelting Earth. Astronomers Designed an AI to Hunt Them Down.

By Rafi Letzter published

Astronomy
The Owens Valley Radio Observatory is located in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California.

3rd Mysterious Deep-Space Flash Traced to Host Galaxy

By Mike Wall published

Astronomers just pinpointed the source galaxy of another fast radio burst (FRB), suggesting that these brief and bizarre cosmic blasts may not remain mysterious for much longer.

Galaxies
Artist’s impression of CSIRO’s Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) radio telescope finding a fast radio burst and determining its precise location. The KECK, VLT and Gemini South optical telescopes joined ASKAP with follow-up observations to image the host galaxy.

Mysterious Extragalactic Flash Pinpointed for 2nd Time Ever

By Mike Wall published

Astronomers are starting to get the goods on fast radio bursts, one of the most mysterious phenomena in the universe.

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The CHIME radio telescope at night.

CHIME: Mapping the Early Universe

By Charlie Wood published

The CHIME radio telescope aims to explain two poorly understood cosmic phenomena, one dating back to the early universe and one taking place today.

Astronomy
black holes

Matter Sucked in by Black Holes May Travel into the Future, Get Spit Back Out

By Don Lincoln published

What happens at the center of a black hole? Not a singularity, as Einstein’s theories predict.

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Light from FRB 150807

Superbright Radio Burst Illuminates the Intergalactic Web

By Samantha Mathewson published

Astronomy
Fast Radio Burst Reaching Earth

Not So Fast: Discovery of Radio Burst Source May Be Flawed

By Nola Taylor Tillman published

A paper published Feb. 24 claiming to have located the source of a mysterious type of energetic radio burst may have a fatal flaw, some scientists say.

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