[SOC] Scientists pin down the origins of a fast radio burst

[Dr. Jerry Custer]

Is that like Henry the 8th

Dr. Jerry Custer

On Thu, Jan 2, 2025, 9:50 PM Bob Darlington <rdarlington at gmail.com> wrote:

> Oh, sorry.  That's my Henry 8K on tune up.
>
> 73,
> Bob - N3XKB
>
> On Wed, Jan 1, 2025 at 7:35 PM Quikhooligan via SOC <soc at mailman.qth.net>
> wrote:
>
> > Fast Radio Bursts?  No, it's not a new digital mode designed to compete
> > with FT8.
> >
> > "Fast radio bursts are brief and brilliant explosions of radio waves
> > emitted by extremely compact objects such as neutron stars and possibly
> > black holes. These fleeting fireworks last for just a thousandth of a
> > second and can carry an enormous amount of energy—enough to briefly
> > outshine entire galaxies.
> >
> > "Since the first fast radio burst (FRB) was discovered in 2007,
> > astronomers have detected thousands of FRBs, whose locations range from
> > within our own galaxy to as far as 8 billion light-years away. Exactly
> > how these cosmic radio flares are launched is a highly contested unknown.
> >
> > "Now, astronomers at MIT have pinned down the origins of at least one
> > fast radio burst using a novel technique that could do the same for
> > other FRBs."
> >
> > https://phys.org/news/2024-12-scientists-pin-fast-radio.html
> >
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