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Are Fast Radio Bursts Caused by Interstellar Objects Crashing Into Neutron Stars?

Astronomers have only been aware of fast radio bursts for about two decades. These are incredibly short-lived blasts of radio waves that appear randomly across the sky. Various theories have been proposed to explain them, and they typically involve neutron stars in some way. A new paper calculates that interstellar objects crashing into neutron stars would do the trick. The duration of a burst nicely matches how long it would take for an impact to occur.

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