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Radio signal from space rang like a bell: rhythmic fading detected ⚡ экспресс

Original: "Evidence for a Damped Millisecond Quasi-Periodic Structure in a Fast Radio Burst"
· Shuo Xiao, Zheng-Huo Jiang, Di Li
arXiv:2601.03950v2 · 2026-01-07 · CC BY 4.0 · ⏱ 1 min · High Energy
A radio signal from space rang like a fading bell, revealing the trembling of a magnetic cocoon around the ultra-dense core of a dead star.
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A radio burst from a distant galaxy rang like a cosmic bell: eight pulses faded evenly, as if someone plucked a string. This could be the first 'heartbeat' of a neutron star—a rare clue bringing us closer to solving the FRB mystery.

🎯 Some neutron stars spin hundreds of times a second—faster than a blender. Their radio beams sweep past us like lighthouse beams, earning them the name pulsars.

🎬 In Carl Sagan's 'Contact,' a mysterious radio signal becomes the key to alien intelligence. Real fast radio bursts have yet to reveal their nature, remaining a favorite plot device for sci-fi writers.

Scientists
Enrico FermiPaul DiracSubrahmanyan ChandrasekharAugustin-Louis CauchyChristiaan HuygensEmmy Noether
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neutron star pulsar supernova
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Fermi–Dirac statisticsChandrasekhar limitFermi accelerationlaw of conservation of momentumquadrupole radiation formula
Original: arXiv:2601.03950v2 · CC BY 4.0 · bridge42worlds