Astronomers previously thought all FRBs were generated by magnetars formed through the explosions of very young, massive ...

Unusual detection bolsters evidence that the mysterious signals can be caused by different astrophysical events.

Unprecedented discovery of fast radio bursts challenges existing theories. Astronomers detect repeated signals from an ...

Astronomers studying the origins of enigmatic fast radio bursts (FRBs) have made a groundbreaking discovery that could transform our understanding of the universe’s most powerful and mysterious ...

From outer space to Northwestern labs, researchers at the University have recently made notable advancements in astrophysics ...

Astronomer Calvin Leung was excited last summer to crunch data from a newly commissioned radio telescope to precisely pinpoint the origin of repeated bursts of intense radio waves—so-called fast radio ...

Where do fast radio bursts (FRBs) come from and how do they form? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical ...

The fast radio burst, designated FRB 20240209A, was first detected in February 2024 by the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) observatory. Researchers successfully traced the ...

Astronomers have detected fast-repeating radio bursts from a distant “dead” galaxy that should not contain the energy to ...

The excitement turned to perplexity when his collaborators on the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) turned optical telescopes on the spot and discovered that the source was in ...