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   by podiki 10y ago

   I am reminded of my favorite part of the whole Fast Radio Burst(FRB) story so far: Since they had only been observed at 1.4 GHz, it was natural to think it was some sort of interference, since that is a busy frequency. Similar events that s
2. 482.▲
   by podiki 10y ago

   Yup. If you look on the Wikipedia article for the Wow event, it lasted for the entire observing window, so that implies it could have lasted longer before/after. Meanwhile FRBs are quite amazing because they are so quick. It's a l
3. 483.▲
   by podiki 10y ago

   Furthermore, the older FRBs were not seen to repeat, though given how short the signal is, it could have been missed in followup observations. It is quite possible that although these events all seem to be similar, they may have different o
4. 484.▲
   by podiki 10y ago

   The "Fast" in Fast Radio Bursts is because the signal lasts only milliseconds, while the Wow signal lasted thousands of times longer, for over a minute.