The Indian scientists will present the FRB catalogue at the American Astronomical Society meeting this week.
These FRBs are extraordinary cosmic events that generate as much energy in a thousandth of a second as the Sun does in a year. They disappear in much less than the blink of an eye, according to NASA’s website.
The bright flashes of light that register in a radio band and blaze for a few milliseconds make it difficult for astronomers to track or know what causes them. To catch sight of a fast radio burst is to be extremely lucky in where and when you point the radio dish.
Scientists used the CHIME radio telescope in Canada to detect 535 mysterious fast radio bursts in space over the course of a year. These bursts could be used to map the universe.