Scientists Have Identified the Origin of an Extraordinarily Powerful Outer Space Radio Wave

The earth is Continuing Space Signals take important information about extremely powerful events. The most weird is the brief pulses of high-power radio waves, which are known as Quickly burst the radio (FRB)The Astronomers compare them to a powerful lighthouse that shines for milliseconds in the middle of a rough, distant sea. One of these signals is an achievement of themselves, but its source identification and the nature of its source remains one of the major challenges of science.

This is why recent research led by the North -West University in the United States has attracted the attention of astronomy community. The team did not detect one of the brightest FRBs recorded, but it also identified its source with unprecedented accuracy.

The pulse identified as the Arabflot came in March 2021, lasted only a few milliseconds and released the power of the sun in four days. Thanks to a new method of analysis, the source of the researchers is located on a spiral galaxy that is located 5 million light-year-old, towards the Ursa Major of the constellation. The research was published in the journal Astrophysical Journal Letters.

The Spinach Radio telescope in Canada, a The world’s top FRB observationAnd a subnetwork of small stations known as Outriger has detected extraordinary enthusiasm. The pinch is featured by the signal, while the outorigars make it triangle in the narrow region of the place. Optical and X-ray telescopes then provide complementary data. The team has achieved an accuracy of 13 Persc, equivalent to 42 light years in the Galaxy NGC 4141.

Astronomers have previously pinned other FRBs, but in this case the signals were repeated, which made the analysis easier. In a university statement, Sunil Simha, the assistant of the research, said, “RBFLAT was the first non-recurring source to localize this national accuracy.” “These are much more difficult to detect thus therefore, the idea of ​​detecting the arbiflot is also proof that the chim is actually able to identify these national events and create a statistically attractive sample of the FRBs” “

What causes Arabflot?

Scientists are not yet sure what the reason for the RBFS is, but they have some ideas. The enormous power they express and due to the breed of the event, they are probably derived from the final cosmic events such as neutron star margar, magnetic or pulsar.

In the case of Arabiaflot, data indicates that it is located in a star -form area with a truly huge star. The triangle plays a signal to a galactic arm where new stars are also born. It suggests that it can be a magnetic, a subclass of neutron stars that are powerful than the earth with the magnetic field.

Experience with RBFLAT will allow the team to apply the same triangle technique to future signals. Writers have assumed that they can achieve about 200 correct RBF detection every year with only pinch captures.

“Over the years, we know that FRBs happen all over the sky, but pinning them is slowly slowing down. Now, we can regularly tie their specific galaxy to the galaxy,” said Exin Dong, another member of the team.

This story was originally attended Wired in Spanish And have been translated from Spanish.