The Cosmic Capacitor: Unraveling Fast Radio Bursts ⚡ экспресс
Original: "Fast radio bursts as cosmic lightning"
A new model explains fast radio bursts as electrical discharges in disks around black holes.
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Around a black hole, a gas disk acts like a capacitor: radiation separates charges, building up voltage. When the voltage breaks down, a radio signal flares—in a millisecond, it releases energy comparable to the Sun's output over days. This model explains the mysterious fast radio bursts.
🎯 The energy released in one millisecond of a fast radio burst can exceed the energy the Sun radiates over several days.