Recorded: 4 September 2017

Released: 4 September 2017

Duration: 70 minutes, 11 seconds

Host Paul Carr welcomes long-time panelist Nick Nielsen to talk about some of the latest news in radios astronomy - both the serious science and the lurid headlines. Radio Bursts (FRBs) have been know for some years now, but a the only known repeating FRB, 121102, has been acting up lately.

  Links

FRB 121102: Detection at 4 - 8 GHz band with Breakthrough Listen backend at Green Bank

BREAKTHROUGH LISTEN DETECTS REPEATING FAST RADIO BURSTS FROM THE DISTANT UNIVERSE

Jason Siegel: Five Reasons Why The Signals From Stephen Hawking's Breakthrough Initiative Aren't Aliens

Astronomer Jason Hessels on the repeating FRB

Astronomers have found the source of a deep space radio wave burst for the first time: We finally know the galactic culprit

The Most Mysterious Star in the Galaxy

exoplanets.eu

  Credits:

Host and Producer: Paul Carr

Music: DJ Spooky