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Fast Radio Bursts
November 9 , 2020
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- According to recent observations, Intense pulses of radio waves have now been found in the Milky Way.
- They are known as fast radio bursts (FRB).
- They have been frequently detected in other galaxies
- The latest studies reported that two radio telescopes, one in the United States and the other in Canada detected FRB.
- It was named FRB 200428.
- Many theories have also suggested that FRBs are caused by neutron stars.
- The neutron stars are the corpses of stars which died in explosions called supernovas.
- Recent study identifies FRBs are in fact generated by a rare type of neutron star known as a ‘magnetar’.
- They came from a magnetar known as SGR 1935+2154, located about 30,000 light-years from the earth.
- It lies in the centre of the Milky Way, in the constellation Vulpecula.
- Magnetars are the most powerful magnets in the cosmos.
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