Astronomers from the Jodrell Bank Radio Observatory in Great Britain have a pattern on fast ones Radio flashes, so-called fast radio Bursts (FRB) found. The flashes of FRB 121102 always appear for 90 days and are then silent for 67 days, as if from one now published study emerges. Then it starts all over again.
They were recorded using the Lovell telescope at the observatory. Such a comprehensive study was necessary, according to the researchers, because not only the signals themselves, but also the absence of them had to be documented precisely. “Non-recognition was as important as recognition,” the lead researcher says Benjamin Stapper quoted.
Old acquaintance
Researchers have been puzzling over the signals from this area of space for several years. The spontaneous, short burst in the area of the radio beams lasts only a few milliseconds. The flashes from FRB have already been 121102 among others by researchers from China such as proven from the USA.
According to Space.com To date, over 100 FRBs have been observed around the world. Most of them “flicker” only once, according to the current state of knowledge, some more often. FRB 121102 was the first FRB that could be recorded repeatedly.
–
