Science
Space is filled with incredibly strange objects, from black holes to neutron stars. In the right conditions these strange stellar objects create incredibly powerful radio bursts which give radio astronomers a treasure trove of data. From the WOW! Signal to Pulsars we recap the history of strange space signals, and we look at the modern hunt for Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) and how the CHIME observatory in Canada is shedding light on this mystery.
- CHIME FRB Collaboration. Observations of fast radio bursts at frequencies down to 400 megahertz. Nature, 2019 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0867-7
- CHIME FRB Collaboration. A second source of repeating fast radio bursts. Nature, 2019 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0864-x
- Mann, Adam (28 March 2017). "Core Concept: Unraveling the enigma of fast radio bursts". Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 114 (13): 3269–3271. Bibcode:2017PNAS..114.3269M. doi:10.1073/pnas.1703512114. PMC 5380068. PMID 28351957.
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