Ever since astronomers first detected a strange flash of radio waves in 2007, they have been scratching their heads over what these so-called “fast radio bursts” might be and where they come from.
Now, an international team of researchers say they’re one step closer to solving the mystery, after capturing the strange bursts in real-time for the first time ever.
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The findings were published online on Jan. 19 in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
