ASTRONOMERS ON THE HUNT FOR MYSTERY DEEP SPACE SIGNALS JUST GOT A MAJOR BOOST
Representational image. A star forming region of space called the 30 Doradus Nebula. Understanding where in the universe FRBs come from will help us answer fundamental questions about the cosmos.-NASA/GETTY IMAGES
They’re mysterious bursts of radio waves from space that are over in a fraction of a second. Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) are thought to occur many thousands of times a day, but since their first detection by the Parkes radio telescope a decade ago only 30 have been observed.
