Astronomers detect a particularly strange radio "heartbeat" from a distant galaxy

Astronomers report today that they've detected a persistent fast radio burst (FRB), a 'heartbeat'-like pulse of radio waves from a distant galaxy, that's unlike any they've encountered before. According to the MIT researchers and collaborators, this signal 'is currently the longest-lasting FRB, with the clearest periodic pattern, detected to date.' — Read the rest