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