A strange bright burst in space baffled astronomers for more than a year. Now, they’ve solved the mystery
- Written by Clancy William James, Senior Lecturer (astronomy and astroparticle physics), Curtin University
CSIRO’s ASKAP radio telescope on Wajarri Country. © Alex Cherney/CSIROAround midday on June 13 last year, my colleagues and I were scanning the skies when we thought we had discovered a strange and exciting new object in space. Using a huge radio telescope, we spotted a blindingly fast flash of radio waves that appeared to be coming...
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