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2 Indian-Origin Researchers In Team Solving Astronomy’s Big Mystery
Scientists don't know where they come from, or what celestial event could be so dramatic yet common enough to produce thousands of bursts every day.
Imagine a flash of radio energy so powerful it outshines the sun. Now imagine a flash like this going off nearly every minute all across the cosmos.
These are fast radio bursts, some of the most enigmatic phenomena in astronomy. Scientists don’t know where they come from, or what celestial event could be so dramatic yet common enough to produce thousands of bursts every day.