Many New Fast Radio Bursts Found, Including Another Repeater

One of the big mysteries in astronomy is unfolding right before our eyes: fast radio bursts. And now a new Canadian radio telescope has come online, detecting many new bursts, including the second ever seen repeating.

Finally, with the right tools at their disposal, astronomers are going to be able to get to bottom of this puzzling mystery.

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References:
https://science.ubc.ca/news/chime-telescope-detects-second-ever-repeating-fast-radio-burst
https://www.nrao.edu/astrores/gbsrbs/Pubs/AJP_07.pdf
https://arxiv.org/abs/1805.04448