A team of astrophysicists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has discovered regularly repeated radio waves from a previously unknown source, coming from deep space, outside our galaxy.
These mysterious flashes travel a distance of up to 500 million light years from our Milky Way galaxy, which is short and intense, and scientists believe that they are caused by small, far, and very dense bodies, according to a report by the Dubai Future Observatory.
Scientists believe in their study, published in the journal Nature, on June 17, 2020, that these waves may constitute a very old mystery unknown in astrophysics, as space radio waves usually take parts of a second, interfering with complete galaxies.
Scientists have observed these waves for the first time, in early 2007, when they classified - at the time - more than 100 rapid bursts of radiation from distant sources, from different sides in deep space. The waves flashed briefly before they disappeared completely. While the scientists discovered that the newly discovered waves embody rapid and frequent radio explosions stemming from the same source, despite the absence of a clear pattern. The new waves produce a periodic pattern of rapid wireless explosions, and the single pattern begins with a loud glow that extends for four days, issuing random radio bursts, followed by a radio silence period of 12 days. The pattern is repeated with a darkness of 500 days.
And the Massachusetts Institute of Technology website quoted Kiyoshi Masue, associate professor of astrophysics at the Massachusetts Institute of Astrophysics and Space Research, that "the newly discovered pattern is an entry point to launch serious research on the causes of mysterious waves that are not yet explained."
Radio waves travel about 500 million light years from our galaxy.