A search for links between two of the universe's most spectacular phenomena has come up empty – for now
- Written by: Eric Howell, OzGrav Associate Investigator; Adjunct Research Fellow in Astrophysics, The University of Western Australia
Carl Knox / OzGrav, CC BYEvery so often, astronomers glimpse an intense flash of radio waves from space – a flash that lasts only instants but puts out as much energy in a millisecond as the Sun does in a few years. The origin of these “fast radio bursts” is one of the greatest mysteries in astronomy today.
There is no shortage...