Fast radio bursts

Scientists discover fast radio bursts linked to alien source

Some scientists also believe that FRBs emanate from powerful astrophysical phenomena billions of light years away.

Jan 11, 2019, 11:30 AM IST

'AI helps track down mysterious cosmic signals'

Scientists say they have used artificial intelligence (AI) to discover 72 new fast radio bursts from a mysterious source about three billion light-years away from Earth.

Sep 11, 2018, 13:10 PM IST

Did Stephen Hawking's Breakthrough initiative detect signals from aliens? 5 reasons why it's a hasty conclusion

Fast radio bursts, or FRBs, are brief, bright pulses of radio emission from distant galaxies.

Sep 05, 2017, 08:43 AM IST

Rare space radio signals to better test Einstein's theory

Fast Radio Bursts travel through space as waves of photon particles.

Jan 01, 2016, 21:51 PM IST

New method to map cosmos in 3-D

Researchers have proposed a new method to calculate distances in the cosmos using mysterious bursts of energy.

Sep 21, 2015, 13:42 PM IST