/channels/taxonomy/term/858/all en /channels/channels/news/repeating-fast-radio-burst-extreme-environment-283756 <p>New detections of radio waves from a repeating fast radio burst have revealed an astonishingly potent magnetic field in the source’s environment, indicating that it is situated near a massive black hole or within a nebula of unprecedented power.</p> <p><span>The findings by an international team of astronomers, including Victoria Kaspi and Shriharsh Tendulkar of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ University, appear in the January 11 edition of <em>Nature</em> and are highlighted on the cover of the journal.</span></p> Wed, 10 Jan 2018 18:20:02 +0000 webfull 133980 at /channels /channels/news/radio-burst-discovery-deepens-astrophysics-mystery-237427 <p></p> <p style="text-align:left" align="center"><i>Brief pulse detected by Arecibo telescope appears to come from far beyond our galaxy</i></p> <p style="text-align:left" align="center"><i> Thu, 10 Jul 2014 13:01:12 +0000 webfull 103490 at /channels