If you ’re concerned in catching a mysteriousfast radio burst(FRB ) , it appear that the unspoiled choice is to look at the constellation of Auriga ( the charioteer ) where 17 FRBs have been discover from the same source .
They were all emitted by a undivided source , and astronomers have reason to be excite as this is the only repeating FRB , discoveredearlier this year . And this unique uncovering , named FRB 121102 , has deepened the mystery of these phenomena .
FRBs are an incredibly high - vigour phenomenon . They are a quick trice of radio waves which last only for a few msec . They were only discovered in 2011 and since then many explanations have been put forrad to explicate what remain without explanation , including outlandish and improbable foreign communicating systems .
free-base on the volume of the signal , scientists knew that the source must have had an extragalactic line of descent . And the speed at which they appear and go away was an indication that they might have been a one - off event , maybe a collision between stars . But FRB 121102 has thrown a wrench in that line of thought .
“ Our breakthrough of repeating bursts from FRB 121102 shows that for at least one source , the line of descent of the burst can not be cataclysmic , and further , must be capable to double on shortsighted [ less than 1 instant ] timescales , ” the authors wrote in the paper , published inthe Astrophysical Journal .
“ Whether FRB 121102 is a alone object in the currently known sample distribution of FRBs , or all FRBs are up to of reprise , its characterization is highly of import to sympathise fast extragalactic wireless transient . ”
The international squad of researchers suspects that the seed is a young neutron star embed in a dense swarm from either a star - shape region ( like thePillars of Creation ) or a supernova remnant .
There ’s very little we know about the source . We ca n’t even build a distance since we are yet to find the galaxy that is host the source using seeable light . There have been less than 20 dissimilar sources of FRBs , so nobody is really sure what we are seeing .
But not knowing things in astronomy is half the fun . Scientists wait there are 10,000 FRBs emitted from every direction in the sky every day . We just require to have the telescope channelize in the veracious place at the proper time . And feel like FRB121102 are the ones that could lastly help work this cosmic puzzle .
