Fast radio burst

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A Fast Radio Burst (FRB) is an intense, millisecond-long flash of radio waves originating from somewhere in the distant universe. These mysterious signals are so brief—lasting just a few thousandths of a second—that they were initially suspected to be instrumental glitches when first discovered in 2007.

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