Fox News Flash top headlines are here. But the clue — a repeating 16-day pattern in one of the bursts, undermines one of the most popular theories for where the bursts are coming from. And no one knows why. ©2020 FOX News Network, LLC. According to Get a daily look at what’s developing in science and technology throughout the world.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
(Credit: NRAO Outreach/T. That changed when the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment Fast Radio Burst Project (CHIME/FRB) discovered a repeating pattern. The recently detected FRB, known as FRB 180916.J0158+65, sends out bursts that last for four days before stopping for 12 days and then repeating. Every 16.35 days, the signal named FRB 180916.J0158+65 follows a similar pattern. Now, for the first time, astronomers have found a fast radio burst (FRB) that repeats on a regular cycle. The series of "fast radio bursts" – short-lived pulses of radio waves that come from across the universe – were detected about once an hour for four days and then stopped, only to … "Fast radio bursts are exceedingly bright given their short duration and origin at great distances, and we haven't identified a possible natural source with any confidence," Avi Loeb, a Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics theorist, said in There is one source most scientists have generally ruled out: aliens. Then it falls silent for 12 days. "We conclude that this is the first detected periodicity of any kind in an FRB source," the study's authors said. It's also possible that it could be coming from a binary star system, but more research is needed.It's unknown how common FRBs actually are and why some of them repeat and others do not; most of their Some researchers have speculated they stem from an extraterrestrial civilization, but others, including the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute, or SETI, have said that explanation "really doesn't make sense. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com.Known as FRB 180916.J0158+65, this FRB sends out radio wave bursts for a period of four days, stops for a period of 12 days, then repeats itself. The recently detected FRB, known as FRB 180916.J0158+65, sends out bursts that last for four days before stopping for 12 days and then repeating. For four days, it will spit out a burst or two every hour. It appears to be transmitting signals that reach Earth in a repeating, 16-day pattern, but researchers have no idea why. Every 16.35 days, the signal named FRB 180916.J0158+65 follows a similar pattern. When they spotted the FRB, they traced back 400 observations made using the telescope and determined that the FRB repeated in a steady, 16-day pattern.