Illustration of a neutron star emitting flash radio waves
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Mysterious radio flashes from space could be caused by interstellar asteroids or comets colliding with neutron stars.
Astronomers detected the first fast radio burst (FRB) in 2007, and thousands of fast radio bursts have been discovered since then. They are thought to originate from neutron stars, the ultra-dense cores left after some stars explode as supernovae, but it is unclear what exactly causes them.
A favorable explanation for the Fed is that they…
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