Most of them flare just once, randomly, making them impossible to predict, and very difficult to trace back to a source. Some ...

"This new fast radio burst shows us that just when you think you understand an astrophysical phenomenon, the universe turns around and surprises us." Astronomers have been forced to reassess the ...

Fast radio bursts, strong pulses of energy detected in radio-wave frequencies, may be a common phenomenon in the cosmos, but their enigmatic origins are something astronomers are only beginning to ...

A blast of radio waves from the outskirts of an ancient galaxy challenges theories about what creates such bursts.

The burst's host galaxy is more than halfway across the observable universe and up to 100 times fainter than other host ...

An illustration of a magnetar's magnetic field lines causing energy to flow away from the object itself. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) ...