Spectrum Astro, NASA
The Swift spacecraft (artist's rendering) detected a flash of gamma rays that is correlated with a Fast Radio Burst.
Long-Sought Signal Deepens Mystery of Fast Radio Bursts
What causes split-second blasts of radio waves that appear in the sky from billions of light years away? Astronomers, including Shrinivas Kulkarni, Member (1993–94, 1998) and Visitor (2007) in the School of Natural Sciences, find that a discovery that was supposed to help reveal how the bursts arise only deepens the mystery.
Read more in Scientific American.
