fast radio bursts

For the first time ever, astronomers have linked an actual object to those mysterious radio bursts they’ve been…

Fast radio bursts, or FRBs, have transfixed astronomers for over a decade, but their origin remains unclear. A newly…

Scientists have spent three decades trying to locate half of all the “normal” matter that’s supposed to exist in the…

Astronomers just spotted an extremely bright burst of radio waves emanating from within our own galaxy. The…

A telescope in Canada has found a source of mysterious fast radio bursts that repeat every 16 days, according to a…

Lying, tech tricks, and snares, oh my: This week at Gizmodo, our team of reporters and editors hit three different…

For years, astronomers have struggled to understand the source of fast radio bursts, powerful split-second pulses of…

Canadian scientists have detected 13 new fast radio bursts, those mysterious, split-second, high-energy pulses that…

Researchers with the University of California, Berkeley’s SETI Research Center Breakthrough Listen team have…

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You may have seen recent headlines about a strange radio signal picked up by a Canadian telescope. Some go as far as…

First detected in 2002, Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) are quick, high-energy pulses originating from galaxies billions of…

Since their discovery in 2002, scientists have struggled to understand Fast Radio bursts—high-energy pulses that…

Scientists on the hunt for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence have detected 15 Fast Radio Bursts from a dwarf…

“I don’t know!” is among the most scientific phrases you can utter. “I don’t know” is the reason you do science,…

Fast radio bursts are split-second intergalactic blips of radio waves we’ve detected over the last decade. You’d…

Since their discovery ten years ago, fast radio bursts have confounded astronomers. These intergalactic pulses of…

Fast radio bursts, powerful pulses of radio energy of unknown cosmic origin, are a source of endless fascination to…

Two months ago, astronomers picked up and then pinpointed a location of a weird burst of radio waves from space,…

Fast radio bursts, or FRBs, are a source of endless fascination. But despite a decade of observations, not all…