Astronomers discover 2nd mysterious repeating fast radio burst

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A Canadian research team has discovered a second repeating fast radio burst (FRB) using the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) telescope. Fast radio bursts are brief cosmic radio signals lasting milliseconds, originating from sources with extremely powerful magnetic fields. In a recent publication in Nature, the team reported capturing 13 additional FRBs, highlighting the significance of this second repeating signal in understanding these mysterious cosmic phenomena.

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Out in the depths of space, there are radio signals that astronomers don't understand. Now a Canadian research team has found a repeating signal, only the second of its kind to be discovered.

Fast radio bursts, or FRBs, are cosmic radio bursts that last only milliseconds. The source is from something with an extremely powerful magnetic field that produces a signal along the radio frequency band.

In a new paper published Wednesday in Nature, researchers reveal that a recently unveiled radio telescope in British Columbia — the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) — captured 13 more FRBs, but more importantly, it caught a second repeating FRB.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/fast-radio-bursts-1.4969863
 
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