Signal From Space
For the first time scientists have detected a radio signal from outer space that repeats at regular intervals.
Signal from space. The series of fast radio bursts short lived pulses of radio waves that come from. Thats according to a new paper by a team of astrophysicists in canada that identified a fast radio burst or a short radio emission with a 16 day cycle. The weird repeating signals from deep space just tripled fast radio bursts are getting more attention from scientists who can now detect more of them. Astronomers have revealed details of mysterious signals emanating from a distant galaxy picked up by a telescope in canada.
According to the paper there were six repeat bursts from this frb from a single position on the sky but the. The frb has been traced to a galaxy known as sdss j015800286542530 and despite its great distance from earth at 500 million light years it is the closest frb detected so far. Signal was a strong narrowband radio signal received on august 15 1977 by ohio state universitys big ear radio telescope in the united states then used to support the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Mysterious signals have been picked up from distant galaxies.
Although the origin is unknown the signals originated 15 billion light years away. The signal appeared to come from the direction of the constellation sagittarius and bore the expected hallmarks of extraterrestrial origin. Ehman discovered the anomaly a few days later while reviewing the recorded data. When fast radio bursts or frbs as they are called reach earths telescopes they shine brightly for a few milliseconds then.
The precise nature and origin of the blasts of radio waves is unknown. There are many weird and strange recordings from space that even experts cant explain what these sounds are. The source of an frb is difficult to locate let alone study. Deep in outer space in a spiral galaxy 500 million light years away radio signals are being emitted from an unidentified source.