Deep in the heart of Canada there is a telescope, and it evidently picked up weird radio signals from… space. The 13 fast radio burst known as FRBs, are emanating from a distant galaxy. By distant I mean, I don’t know, 1.5 BILLION light years away!
This event occurred before, somewhat similar by a different telescope.
In British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley, The CHIME observatory consists of four 100-metre-long, semi-cylindrical antennas, which scan the entire northern sky each day. With only 1 year under its belt, it detected 13 of the radio bursts almost immediately, including the repeater.
A full article on the BBC is here:
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46811618
