New Telescope Detects Hundreds of Mysterious Radio Signals, Sources Still Unknown

The large radio telescope CHIME, which has detected more than 500 mysterious fast radio bursts in its first year of operation, according to MIT researchers. CHIME collaboration

An astronomical phenomenon called fast radio bursts (FRBs) has been getting a lot of attention, as a new telescope is able to detect them far more often than was previously possible.

These fast pulses of radio signals last only one to a few milliseconds, but on average they can release as much energy as our sun does in three days.