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According to the British newspaper “Daily Mail”, it is not currently known what produces fast radio waves or FRBs, but it is generally believed that they are emitted from stars that could have a civilization and intelligent beings in distant galaxies.
What makes the new FRBs special is that they are repeats: multiple jets have come from the same location in space, according to University of Toronto astronomers.
Several non-repeating FRBs have been discovered, but the latest waves have the potential to provide more information about where they came from. This is because they give scientists the opportunity to study the flows from one place using various tools and collecting different data.
The newly discovered phenomena have brought the total number of known FRBs to 50, and by studying repeat FRB sources in detail, we can study the environments in which these outbursts occur and better understand the final stages of a star’s life.
We can also learn more about the material that is expelled before and during a star’s demise, which is then returned to the galaxies in which the FRBs reside.
FRBs are strangely bright flashes of light recorded in the radio band of the electromagnetic spectrum that appear temporarily and randomly from space.
When a single FRB explodes, it contains 10 trillion times the annual energy consumption of the entire world’s population. These flashes are so powerful that radio telescopes can detect them from more than four billion light-years away.
Source: Technology News: Astronomers detect 25 fast radio waves from outer space
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