Scientists Think They've Identified the Origin of a Mysterious Radio Signal from Space

Scientists Think They've Identified the Origin of a Mysterious Radio Signal from Space

Scientists Think They've , Identified the Origin of a Mysterious , Radio Signal from Space.

'Vice' reports that scientists have been aware of strange radio signals from space for over a decade.

Dozens of fast radio bursts (FRBs) have been detected, yet their origins, remain a mystery.

Scientists at Nanjing University in China believe they may have identified the source of an enigmatic FRB first detected in November of 2020.

The repeating burst has helped scientists trace the signal's origin to a galaxy some 1.3 billion miles from Earth.

Images of the FRB were captured by China's Five-hundred Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST).

The observations revealed a magnetar, a highly-magnetic type of dense dead star, and a Be star, an extremely hot and rapidly spinning type of star.

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The observations revealed a magnetar, a highly-magnetic type of dense dead star, and a Be star, an extremely hot and rapidly spinning type of star.

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We propose that FRB 20201124A is produced by a magnetar residing in a binary system with a Be star companion with a disk, Fayin Wang, Astronomer at Nanjing University in China, via 'Motherboard'.

The interaction between radio bursts and the disk of Be star can naturally explain the observed unusual characteristics of FRB 20201124A, Fayin Wang, Astronomer at Nanjing University in China, via 'Motherboard'.

'Vice' reports that the study of FRBs can help solve a number of cosmic mysteries, including the universe's rate of expansion.

A study detailing the team's findings was published on September 21 in 'Nature Communications.'