Dear MEL Topic Readers,
A second mysterious repeating fast radio burst has been detected in space
The Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment, CHIME, is an interferometric radio telescope installed recently in British Columbia, Canada to measure the acceleration of the Universe to improve the knowledge of how dark energy behaves. It also detects the mysterious extragalactic fast radio bursts, or FRB, that last just milliseconds, whose astrophysical cause is unknown.
This research radio telescope was still in partial operation when it detected repeating short bursts of radio waves last year. Why and where these bursts occur is still unresolved. Though such radio bursts aren't rare in space, the detection made some people think that they were created by advanced extraterrestrial civilizations.
Are such radio waves indicative of the existence of creatures in other galaxies? Aren’t we the only one?
Enjoy reading and think of a time when the first contact will be made.
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/01/09/world/second-repeating-fast-radio-burst-detected/index.html
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