Space & PhysicsApril 1, 2018
Flashes in the Night: The Mystery of Fast Radio Bursts
Astronomers are racing to figure out what causes powerful bursts of radio light in the distant cosmos
Stories by Maura McLaughlin
Maura McLaughlin is an astronomer at West Virginia University. Her main research interests are neutron stars and their environments. She is currently chairing the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves, which aims to use pulsars to detect gravitational waves.