Posted on 06/08/2020 10:21:08 AM PDT by Red Badger
Astronomers have discovered an activity cycle in another fast radio burst, potentially unearthing a significant clue about these mysterious deep-space phenomena.
An artist's impression of a fast radio burst (FRB) reaching Earth, with colors signifying different wavelengths.
Fast radio bursts, or FRBs, are extragalactic flashes of light that pack a serious wallop, unleashing in a few milliseconds as much energy as Earth's sun does in a century. Scientists first spotted an FRB in 2007, and the cause of these eruptions remains elusive nearly a decade and a half later; potential explanations range from merging superdense neutron stars to advanced alien civilizations.
More than 100 FRBs have been discovered to date, and most of them are one-offs, flaring up just a single time (as far as we know). In January of this year, astronomers reported that one member of the "repeater" class, called FRB 180916.J0158+65, appears to exhibit a 16-day activity cycle: It fires off bursts for a four-day stretch, goes quiet for 12 days and then starts all over again.
The FRB 180916 was the first known to erupt in such a periodic way. And now scientists have spotted another.
Researchers monitored the known repeater FRB 121102 with the Lovell Telescope, a 250-foot-wide (76 meters) radio dish at Jodrell Bank Observatory in England, over the course of five years. They found strong indications of a 157-day activity cycle; 121102 seems to flare up for 90 days and then go silent for 67, the team reported in a new study.
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4, 8, 15, 16, 23 and 42
Not Fibonacci Series..................
Translation: “I’m coming quickly and soon.”
Sooner than many can image.
Aliens are using a star powered laser beam to excite the surface of their star to send out a signal.
That is just my theory
Well my suggestion is not to answer back.
“Send moar Amazon Prime”
Which one is the Powerball?
Probably warning others to stay away from earth.
Buy six tickets, just to be sure...
2 factor authentication.
Check for PCM (pulse code modulation).
If there is a decoded message stating “exterminate, exterminate”, call the Dr and avoid that area like the plague.
The frb’s are equivalent to orange traffic barrels
“Probably warning others to stay away from earth.”
LOL, probably true.
We found V’Ger and are sending it back.
One if by land. Two if by space.
Would you be zapped by that energy if in a direct path?
Depends on the distance you are from the source.
Power diminishes as the square of the distance from the point of origin..............
Postage due...
Art Bell still lives!
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