AI Detects 72 Fast Radio Bursts Coming from a Distant, Unknown Source

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/?p=26993

Blazing across the sky for mere milliseconds, fast radio bursts (FRBs) are among the newest and most puzzling astronomical phenomenon. They come from extreme distances and appear without any known rhyme or reason, making them almost impossible to study in detail.
But luckily, artificial intelligence is helping researchers learn about this mysterious occurrence. By using machine learning technology, a team of astronomers was able to study 72 new radio bursts blasting from FRB 121102 — the

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September 11, 2018 at 02:43PM

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