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Study Links Asteroid-Neutron Star Collisions to Fast Radio Bursts

2/14/2025

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Astronomers are closer to unraveling the mystery of fast radio bursts (FRBs), intense energy signals from the cosmos. A groundbreaking study by Dang Pham at the University of Toronto suggests that collisions between swift asteroids and neutron stars could account for their occurrence, happening every 10 million years per neutron star—perfectly matching the frequency of observed FRBs.

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Astronomers are closer to unraveling the mystery of fast radio bursts (FRBs), intense energy signals from the cosmos. A groundbreaking study by Dang Pham at the University of Toronto suggests that collisions between swift asteroids and neutron stars could account for their occurrence, happening every 10 million years per neutron star—perfectly matching the frequency of observed FRBs.