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A mysterious radio burst from space is back, right on schedule
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 2504" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.cnet.com/news/the-mysterious-radio-burst-from-space-is-back-right-on-schedule/" target="_blank"><strong>A mysterious radio burst from space is back, right on schedule - CNET</strong></a></p><p></p><p><strong>Roughly every 161 days it starts all over again. </strong></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.cnet.com/news/second-mysterious-repeating-radio-burst-from-space-keeps-scientists-guessing/" target="_blank">In June this year</a>, astronomers found a fast radio burst (FRB), FRB 121102, repeating in a regular pattern, from somewhere in deep space. It was only the second time a radio burst with a discernible, repeating pattern was discovered. <a href="https://www.cnet.com/news/mysterious-repeating-radio-bursts-are-buzzing-earth-in-peculiar-rhythm/" target="_blank">The first</a> was discovered back in February this year. </p><p></p><p>FRBs are transient radio pulses that vary in length between a fraction of a millisecond and a few milliseconds. We're still not sure why they exist or what they are. The <a href="https://www.cnet.com/google-amp/news/aliens-fast-radio-bursts-frb-121102-magnetar/" target="_blank">source of this particular FRB is a dwarf galaxy more than 3 billion light years</a> away.</p><p></p><p>Back in June a study, <a href="https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/495/4/3551/5840547?searchresult=1" target="_blank">published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society</a>, theorized FRB 121102 repeated every 157 days based on data they'd accumulated over a five-year period. The team predicted they'd pick up another signal in July or August of this year.</p><p></p><p>And they did: Right on cue, FRB 121102 kicked off.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 2504, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.cnet.com/news/the-mysterious-radio-burst-from-space-is-back-right-on-schedule/'][B]A mysterious radio burst from space is back, right on schedule - CNET[/B][/URL] [B]Roughly every 161 days it starts all over again. [/B] [URL='https://www.cnet.com/news/second-mysterious-repeating-radio-burst-from-space-keeps-scientists-guessing/']In June this year[/URL], astronomers found a fast radio burst (FRB), FRB 121102, repeating in a regular pattern, from somewhere in deep space. It was only the second time a radio burst with a discernible, repeating pattern was discovered. [URL='https://www.cnet.com/news/mysterious-repeating-radio-bursts-are-buzzing-earth-in-peculiar-rhythm/']The first[/URL] was discovered back in February this year. FRBs are transient radio pulses that vary in length between a fraction of a millisecond and a few milliseconds. We're still not sure why they exist or what they are. The [URL='https://www.cnet.com/google-amp/news/aliens-fast-radio-bursts-frb-121102-magnetar/']source of this particular FRB is a dwarf galaxy more than 3 billion light years[/URL] away. Back in June a study, [URL='https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/495/4/3551/5840547?searchresult=1']published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society[/URL], theorized FRB 121102 repeated every 157 days based on data they'd accumulated over a five-year period. The team predicted they'd pick up another signal in July or August of this year. And they did: Right on cue, FRB 121102 kicked off. [/QUOTE]
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