Articles for tag: astrophysics, CosmicMysteries, DeepSpace, FastRadioBursts

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The Mystery of Fast Radio Bursts Keeps Growing

Suhail Ahmed

  In the space of a heartbeat, a radio telescope can catch a shout from billions of light-years away – and then silence. Fast radio bursts, or FRBs, are among astronomy’s most electrifying puzzles: millisecond flashes that can outshine entire galaxies in radio light before vanishing again. Each new detection deepens the intrigue, sketching a ...