Slashdot Mirror
New Findings Deepen the Mystery of Fast Radio Bursts
An anonymous reader writes: Last week, it was reported that the mystery of fast radio bursts were solved, and that they were due to the merger of a neutron star with another collapsed object, well outside of our galaxy. However, not only was that analysis fundamentally flawed, but a new paper out today identifies fast radio bursts that repeat, a dealbreaker for the merger scenario. Instead, it's thought that these events come from the evolution of young neutron stars, as the data show an extragalactic but non-transient origin for these bursts. Planned follow-up observations plan on identifying the source locations as well as their true nature, and discerning whether all fast radio bursts have the same origin, or whether there are multiple different classes.
I would expect that when a ship transitions into or out of warp drive, it would cause something like this focused tightly along the path of travel.
And you expect that based on... what? A few seasons of TNG and BSG?
My guess is that this is the cause of these events and a clever scientist...
...would have a better theory.
systemd is Roko's Basilisk.