By Leonidas Papadopoulos, on March 4th, 2016
A composite image of the Milky Way above the Australia Telescope Compact Array, which has been utilised in the study of fast radio bursts in recent years. A series of recent discoveries, including the detection of the first-ever repeating fast radio burst, has added new layers to the existing mystery of this elusive […]
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By Leonidas Papadopoulos, on April 4th, 2015 A dramatic night-time image of the 64-m Parkes radio telescope in Australia, under the splenor of the Milky Way. The iconic telescope has detected during the last decade a total of 10 mysterious cosmic radio flashes, known as ‘fast radio bursts’. A new study now suggests that these astrophysical sources exhibit a surprising […]
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By Leonidas Papadopoulos, on January 23rd, 2015 A schematic illustration of the Parkes radio telescope receiving the polarised signal from the distant fast radio burst FRB 140514, the first one to be discovered by astronomers in real-time. Image Credit: Swinburne Astronomy Productions
Detective novels aside, astronomy and astrophysics could well be considered as the next best occupation for anyone who […]
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