Half of all stars are in binaries. Stars that end their lives as the most massive white dwarfs often also have another distant star orbiting an inner binary. Could these tertiary stars play a role in merging the inner binaries into remnant objects that emit fast radio bursts?
What can MeerKAT teach us about Fast Radio Burst 20121102A? Check out today’s bite to delve deep into the mystery.
Neutron stars likely contain a quark soup center, and the authors of today’s paper seek to see if the process of neutrons being crushed into this quark soup could explain the unexplained fast radio burst phenomenon.
Astrobites coverage of Day 1 of AAS 241!
Today’s authors discover a shockingly bright Fast Radio Burst at an unexpectedly high frequency, and consider what this might mean about so-called “cataclysmic” FRBs!
Today’s authors find some slow (relatively speaking) fast radio bursts. Read on to learn what this means for the fast radio burst population!