AI Detects 72 Fast Radio Bursts Coming from a Distant, Unknown Source

By Amber Jorgenson
Sep 11, 2018 7:18 PMMay 21, 2019 5:30 PM
Fast radio bursts
An artist's illustration shows fast radio waves zooming their way toward Earth. Credit: Jingchuan Yu, Beijing Planetarium

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Blazing across the sky for mere milliseconds, fast radio bursts (FRBs) are among the newest and most puzzling astronomical phenomenon. They come from extreme distances and appear without any known rhyme or reason, making them almost impossible to study in detail.

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