Fast radio burst Subject: Science and Technology Section: Space Context: In a paper published in Nature, astronomers have reported a fast radio burst (FRB) whose characteristics are different from almost all other FRBs previously detected, except one. Fast radio burst FRBs are bright flashes of light that appear for a few milliseconds and […]

Subject : Science & tech Context : NASA has reported that on April 28, it observed a mix of X-ray and radio signals never observed before in the Milky Way. Significantly, the flare-up it observed included the first fast radio burst (FRB) seen within the galaxy. Concept : The X-ray portion of the simultaneous bursts […]