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Science in a Minute 021420 Fast Radio Signals Transmitted Over 16 Day Cycles Detected in Deep Space


Science in a Minute 021420 Fast Radio Signals Transmitted Over 16 Day Cycles Detected in Deep Space
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Scientists with Canada’s CHIME consortium report that they detected repeating fast radio bursts between September 2018 and October 2019. The scientists noticed that these quick, mysterious and high-powered bursts of radiofrequency energy were transmitted over a 16.35-day cycle. They say the bursts would be transmitted over four days and then followed by a 12-day period of silence when the cycle would repeat.

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