More mysterious cosmic radio bursts detected

摘要

ONE of the most mysterious things in space just got even weirder. Fifteen new fast radio bursts have been spotted - all from the only source of these that we have ever seen repeat. Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are some of the universe's strangest phenomena: powerful radio signals that flash from distant space for milliseconds and then disappear. They have been attributed to everything from black holes to aliens, but there's no clear explanation yet.