Newest FRB Could Be A Rosetta Stone

Recently, this unusual-looking instrument, located in the forested hills of southern British Columbia and known as the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment, added to its list of accomplishments by finding yet another Fast Radio Burst (FRB) source. Many dozen FRBs have been uncovered since the first was found in 2007. But despite this imposing collection, we still don’t know what these strange objects are.

Clearly, something taking place in the far depths of the cosmos is burping radio waves into space. The fact that FRBs for which we know the distance are far away – millions or billions of light-years – indicates that whatever they are, they’re pretty rare.

Could they be the result of colliding black holes, or neutron star smashups? These were attractive ideas when FRBs were first found because of the large amounts of energy such cosmic head-ons would release. Sadly, they became less appealing once astronomers found FRB’s that burp more than once. Black holes and neutron stars are reluctant to back up and slam into one another again.

[LiLi-orgm]

I'd never dream of abusing such a lovely man, on social media or anywhere else! You are a national treasure, Seth! : )

[rnbnatl]

Thanks Seth! This is the content I signed up for!

[robertschlesinger]

Very interesting update on the FRB that repeats about every 16 days.

[snippycutwell]

it's aliens opening microwave ovens

[JabberCT]

I hope I'm around the day we actually do find some life out there. Its going to be amazing.

[rambozeta]

Oh damn if it's a megastructure i'm gonna explode of enthusiasm

[Contatoalienigena]

I studied the sounds of some FRB, i found a kind similarity with harmonic motions systems, and amplitude decay, or critically damping systema. The sounds looks like a energy loss process, since is possible measure this system, we can know the mass of the black hole, that this neutron star is orbiting with. I notice that the wave is like a wave in music, but at same time represent the harmonic equations, were the black hole is pulling and pushing the neutron star like a spring, whem the oscilation starts, it create a energy loss at the end, very like in harmonic motion. Very like a photon when move from one state to another. The music is playing this equation, or a kind of amplitude, that goes from high value to zero. I am shure it is a black hole, because the effect gravity is pulling the neutron star to its center. Very like it is loosing energy, when near the black hole. I believe that is possible know the mass of the black hole, by using harmonic motion equations. My way to think is that music is a mathematical equation and not just sound. I believe, the FRB must the energy being sucked to the black hole. With i am right, dont forget to give me the credit and the aliens. :)

[ccomberr]

I'm missing something. In what sense is this FRB like the Rosetta Stone?

[marcocosic]

For exsample, if we were to locate hapitable planets and emit a signal to those planets random..using some artificial satelite at what intervals would that signal reach those planets ?

[SPACETVnet]

From our perspective it's happening every 16 days. But if it's from something orbiting a black hole, because of gravitational time dilation it could be something that's actually happening every 10, 000 years or more.

[JulieJewelzKvasnicka]

Mr Shostak, I am a HUGE fan of yours. To meet you would be a dream come true. I always wanted to be an Astronomer or Theoretical Physicist. You're so awesome.

[TheMsLadyReal]

Saw this on a small local news station.

[supratikb]

Last line was very funny : You can abuse me in social media for guessing wrong ....😆😆😆😆😆😆

[a_diamond]

I am not saying anyone is communicating with anyone else, but how likely are civilizations to do what we do and send out signals (probably without realistically expecting a reply)??

[theundead]

Thank you for a better video on this then global news.

[Iamrightyouarewrong]

Maybe there's something like gravitational waves crashing into each other causing it?

[wkboonec]

Hahaha!
Way to go, Seth!
Saludos desde Coyoacán, México.

[chrisdooley]

I’m not someone who always looks to aliens as the answer but I gotta ask the question - if a type III civilization was communicating would we have any sort of idea they were even doing it? Seems kinda presumptuous that we, as a type 0.75 or whatever, would recognize it for what it was. Just my two cents of the whole subject lol

[surearrow]

>> "Hi, I'm Seth at here at SETI. I have to watch what I say because the scientific community will snicker at me behind my back, and that's the most important thing I care about."

[Contatoalienigena]

Dont worry, man, they are all ready here!