Fast radio bursts identified by Prof Matthew Bailes and his team allow scientists to count number of atoms in the universeGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhen Prof Matthew Bailes and his collaborators discovered a mysterious flash from a galaxy far, far away, he thought it was “too good to be true”.It was 2007, and the scientists had come across an “absurdly, insanely bright burst of radio waves” that had hit the Murriyang telescope at the CSIRO Parkes Observatory. The source, they figured, had to be a trillion times brighter than anything in our galaxy, the Milky Way.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading…
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Author : Donna Lu
Publish date : 2024-10-08 11:01:14
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