Thousands of New Radio Signals Have Been Detected From Nearby Cosmic Sources
Thousands of New Radio Signals Have Been Detected From Nearby Cosmic Sources
M81 is one of the brightest galaxies in the night sky, and a cluster of stars near the galaxy, located 11.7 million light-years from Earth, recently released a surprising burst of radio waves—one that astronomers are struggling to explain.
A fast radio burst, one of the most perplexing phenomena seen by astronomers, has been detected among a nearby population of ancient stars.