A photo from open sources Scientists are trying to figure out what is the cause of the phenomenon of so-called “fast radio bursts.” Spectrum versions range from collisions of neutron stars to alien radio messages In 1967 the English astronomer Jocelyn Bell Burnell discovered mysterious extremely short-lived pulsed signals whose source was outside the solar system.
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For many months, she believed that these signals could be sent by extraterrestrial intelligent civilization, but later it was proved that they are generated by fast-rotating stars, now known as pulsars.
However, recently astronomers have registered new a series of these mysterious signals, which received their own name – “fast radio bursts” (BRV). Now scientists are racking their brains again – and not whether they are messages from other civilizations.
BRVs are radio waves of a random nature, which creates difficulties in their detection, and even more so in the study. First BRVs were noticed, or rather, “heard” by radio telescopes, back in 2007, but the signals were so short-lived it took astronomers years to make sure that the received signal was not a glitch in the equipment of the radio telescope. The signal, which lasted only five milliseconds, was called Lorimer flash in honor of his discoverer Duncan Lorimera.
In April of this year, another series of BRV was opened with using a giant radio pad in Puerto Rico – and she confirmed that these signals are actually a reality, although the nature of their origin is still unknown.
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Among the most likely versions are called: a flash of a star, the fusion of white dwarfs, the union of neutron stars and – what most interesting – artificial signals of extraterrestrial civilizations. The discovery of the BRV either indicates an unknown or unusual astronomical phenomenon, or signals actually sent intelligent civilization.
Needless to say, the knowledge that we are not alone in this of a huge universe, will have a strong influence on everything humanity.
