Arecibo detects repeated fast radio burts (FRBs) for first time. Source is enigmatic.

[gary]

Press release here -
http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/mysterious-cosmic-radio-bursts-found-repeat-259440

“A Repeating Fast Radio Burst,” by L. Spitler et al, Nature, published online March 2, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature17168

[Kunama]

Thanks Gary, interesting reading.

[OICURMT]

Damn, I was hoping for Morse Code... :lol:

[Steffen]

It's probably a broadcast of Hitler opening the 1936 Olympic Games ;)

[MortonH]

More likely they're telling us to stop transmitting I'm A Celebrity...

[FlashDrive]

Without reading the link provided.... my 1st thoughts were ' Gamma Ray Bursts.'

They are 1 of the most powerful ' events ' in the Universe. and only last a second or so.

Col.....

[xelasnave]

What events are being considered?

[gary]

Still a mystery but a neutron star in another galaxy is one consideration.
A couple of key paragraphs from the press release -

[xelasnave]

Thanks Gary

[Atmos]

My first thoughts when I started reading the press release a day or two ago were star quakes on a neutron star. They are repeatable (no idea on time scale) and are a release of built up energy within the dense object.

[OICURMT]

http://www.space.com/32134-fast-radio-burst-source-discovery-flawed.html