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Astronomers are getting closer to solving the enduring mystery of fast radio bursts

Fast radio bursts shine in the sky above Earth. | Credit: NRAO Outreach/T. Jarrett (IPAC/Caltech); B. Saxton, NRAO/AUI/NSF Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are intense, short-lived bursts of radio waves from beyond the Milky Way and can emit in a thousandth of a second the same energy that it takes the sun three days to emit.… Read More »