ASKAP breakthrough on mysterious fast radio bursts
Researchers using the 36-dish ASKAP telescope have made a discovery that challenges the hypothesis around how \u201cfast radio bursts\u201d form.
Fast radio bursts are intense bursts of radio emission that can last just milliseconds and were only first detected in 2007. The exact processes that cause them have long been shrouded in mystery.
Traditionally, they have only been recorded in colliding galaxies, but now, an Australian-based team have detected them in a much calmer galactic environment.
In this episode, Curtin University\u2019s Marcin Glowacki, who led the study, and Dr Karen Lee-Waddell, explain the significance of the findings.