The signals have been occurring steadily and last up to three seconds. Researchers say they could help determine at what speed the universe is expanding.
Ayana Archie, NPR NewsThis image released by NASA on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, combined the capabilities of the James Webb Space Telescope’s two cameras to create a never-before-seen view of a star-forming region in the Carina Nebula. Captured in infrared light by the Near-Infrared Camera and Mid-Infrared Instrument , this combined image reveals previously invisible areas of star birth.
Scientists have not been able to pinpoint the exact location of the radio waves yet, but suspect the source could be neutron stars, which are made from collapsed cores of giant stars. “Within this window, the team detected bursts of radio waves that repeat every 0.2 seconds in a clear periodic pattern, similar to a beating heart,” MIT said in aOn Dec. 21, 2019, researchers at the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory in British Columbia, Canada, picked up a signal of a potential FRB, according to the MIT statement.
Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Astronomers detect 'heartbeat' radio burst a billion light-years awayAstronomers estimate that the mysterious signal came from a galaxy roughly a billion light-years away.
Read more »
‘Heartbeat’ radio signal detected billions of light-years from EarthFast radio bursts (FRB) are usually one-offs so astronomers are particularly intrigued by this most recent FRB which has a consistent burst similar to that of a beating heart.
Read more »
NPR Cookie Consent and Choices
Read more »
Mysterious cosmic 'heartbeat' detected billions of light-years from EarthRobert Lea is a science journalist in the U.K. whose articles have been published in Physics World, New Scientist, Astronomy Magazine, All About Space, Newsweek and ZME Science. He also writes about science communication for Elsevier and the European Journal of Physics. Rob holds a bachelor of science degree in physics and astronomy from the U.K.’s Open University. Follow him on Twitter sciencef1rst.
Read more »
A mysteriously long 'radio heartbeat' is coming from a distant galaxyAstronomers detected the longest fast radio burst to date. They described the signal as a 'radio heartbeat' that's emitting a regular periodic pattern.
Read more »
Mysterious fast radio burst in space has a 'heartbeat' patternA mysterious radio burst with a pattern similar to a heartbeat has been detected about a billion light-years away. The signal is the longest-lasting fast radio burst to date and could be caused by a distant neutron star.
Read more »