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Astronomy

The Mystery of Fast Radio Bursts from Deep Space

Quick fact

The first FRB was discovered in 2007 in archival data from the Parkes Observatory, and only a tiny fraction (about 5%) of known FRBs have been observed to repeat.

Why this is interesting

Imagine a brief flash of radio energy that releases more power in a millisecond than our Sun emits in a year—and we still don't know what causes it.