Fast radio bursts, these signals from space, may finally reveal their origin. An international team has identified key clues.

A mysterious radio signal from outer space has been traced back to a dead star - 30,000 lights years from Earth. It lasted only a millisecond - but generated more energy than Earth's sun does in a ...

Astronomers have discovered that the magnetar SGR 0501+4516 is speeding through our galaxy at more than 110,000 mph. This ...

Just a few milliseconds later, the signal had vanished. Astronomers call these powerful flashes Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs). Since 2001, about 30 have been identified. But, new estimates suggest one ...

Magnetars are among the rarest—and weirdest—denizens of the galactic zoo. They have powerful magnetic fields and may be the ...

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are a kind of energetic cosmic radio burst. Though their duration is usually at millisecond scale, their energy (estimated isotropically) reaches 10 ^36 ～10 ^41 erg ...

If this is the case, studying SGR 0501 could help to understand the puzzle of so-called fast radio bursts, rapid but powerful blasts of energy with currently unexplained origins. "Magnetar birth rates ...

This photo montage shows the antennas of the Deep Synoptic Array-110, which are used to discover and pinpoint the locations of fast radio bursts (FRBs). Above the antennas are images of some of ...

Scientists hope the huge antenna will help solve the mystery of fast radio bursts and may even study exoplanets. In fact, earlier this year, the instrument detected hundreds of fast radio bursts ...

Solar flares accelerate energetic electrons that escape into interplanetary space, guided by the Parker spiral magnetic field ...