Saturday, July 6, 2013

Mysterious Intergalactic Radio Bursts Detected




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Mysterious Intergalactic Radio Bursts Detected



Astronomers were on a celestial fishing expedition for pulsing neutron stars and other radio bursts when they found something unexpected in archived sky sweeps conducted by the Parkes radio telescope in New South Wales, Australia. The powerful signal, which lasted for just milliseconds, could have been a fluke, but then the team found three more equally energetic transient flashes all far removed from the galactic plane and coming from different points in the sky. Follow the link to watch the video: Every Day a Huge Number of Unexplained Radio Bursts From Outer Space Strike the Earth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1-JTElJ7Ac Top image: The Parkes Radio Telescope in New South Wales, Australia. Credit: Alex Cherney/terrastro.com.






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