{"id":182914,"date":"2024-02-17T01:38:31","date_gmt":"2024-02-17T07:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/nasa-telescopes-are-unlocking-the-secrets-behind-mysterious-deep-space-signals"},"modified":"2024-02-17T01:38:31","modified_gmt":"2024-02-17T07:38:31","slug":"nasa-telescopes-are-unlocking-the-secrets-behind-mysterious-deep-space-signals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/nasa-telescopes-are-unlocking-the-secrets-behind-mysterious-deep-space-signals","title":{"rendered":"NASA Telescopes Are Unlocking the Secrets Behind Mysterious Deep Space Signals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/nasa-telescopes-are-unlocking-the-secrets-behind-mysterious-deep-space-signals2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Using two of the agency\u2019s X-ray telescopes, researchers were able to zoom in on a dead star\u2019s erratic behavior as it released a bright, brief burst of radio waves.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s causing mysterious bursts of radio waves from deep space? Astronomers may be a step closer to providing one answer to that question. Two NASA X-ray telescopes recently observed one such event \u2013 known as a fast radio burst \u2013 mere minutes before and after it occurred. This unprecedented view sets scientists on a path to better understand these extreme radio events.<\/p>\n<p>While they only last for a fraction of a second, fast radio bursts can release about as much energy as the Sun does in a year. Their light also forms a laser-like beam, setting them apart from more chaotic cosmic explosions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using two of the agency\u2019s X-ray telescopes, researchers were able to zoom in on a dead star\u2019s erratic behavior as it released a bright, brief burst of radio waves. What\u2019s causing mysterious bursts of radio waves from deep space? Astronomers may be a step closer to providing one answer to that question. Two NASA X-ray [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1497,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-182914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy","category-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182914\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}