One of the astronomers involved in the signal search effort expressed hope that this discovery might encourage other astronomers to “point their telescopes” at the sources of the newly discovered signals.
Astronomers studying the enigmatic signals emanating from space, the so called fast radio bursts (FRB), have recently detected eight new repeating FRBs, bringing the total known number of such signals known to 10, Science Alert reports.
As the media outlet points out, by the beginning of 2019, scientists were aware of the existence of only one repeating FRB (FRB 121102), with the second one (FRB 180814) being reported in January.
The last eight repeating signals were discovered by the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) radio telescope, providing researchers with ample opportunity to compare these FRB and determine their similarities and differences.
