Scientists Propose Using Fast Radio Bursts To Chart Universe In 3D

Posted by timothy on Wednesday September 23, 2015 @03:41AM from the they're-using-active-sonar dept.

hypnosec writes: Using redshifts, fast radio bursts and state of the art technology, researchers at University of British Columbia have proposed a new method of calculating distance between celestial objects, and mapping the cosmos in 3D. Published in the journal Physical Review Letters, the research describes the proposal to use fast radio bursts to calculate cosmological distances. Though only 10 or so of these FRBs have been detected so far, UBC scientists are of the opinion that thousands of these FRBs must be happening each day.

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Scientists Propose Using Fast Radio Bursts To Chart Universe In 3D

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