Australian scientists have detected a short sharp flash of radio waves from a mysterious source up to 5.5 billion light years away from the earth. The flash was detected by the scientists of Common wealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) at Parkes radio telescope in Australia, reported Xinhua. In Melbourne, Swinburne University of Technology PHD student Emily Petroff “saw†the burst live a first for the astronomers. Lasting only milliseconds, the first such radio burst was discovered in 2007 by the astronomers. Six more bursts, apparently from outside the galaxy, have now been found with the Parkes telescope, in New South Wales, and a seventh with the Arecibo telescope in Puetro Rico. Astronomers worldwide, have been vying to explain the phenomenon. “These bursts were generally discovered weeks, months or even mere than a decade after they happened,†said Petroff. We are the first to catch one in real time, Petroff said.
