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The big story
Inside a quest to map our universe using mysterious bursts radio energy
May 202
When the universe was only half as old as today, an energy burst that could have cooked a sun-worth of popcorn shot from somewhere among a compact cluster of galaxies. A radio telescope in Australia’s outback captured the radio waves of that burst 8 billion years after it occurred. Astronomers have detected nearly 5,000 fast radio bursts in the past 10 years. This particular one was special. It was three-and-a-half times more energetic and nearly twice as old as anything else previously observed. The radio bursts flash in an unpredictable and random pattern. Read the full story.
–Anna Kramer
We can still have nice things
A place for comfort, fun and distraction to brighten your day. We can still enjoy nice things.
We have a place to relax, entertain and distract you.
An area for comfort, entertainment and distraction that will brighten your day. You can still have nice things. (Got any ideas? The octopus’s body contorting to fit in a small hole is fascinating.
+ Did anyone catch the blood moon lunar eclipse this morning? These pictures are amazing, so don’t worry if they’re not what you were looking for.
