AI analyzing telescope data discovers 72 new fast radio bursts from billions of light-years away

Scientists have detected dozens more mysterious signals emanating from deep space, thanks to the help of artificial intelligence. Using machine learning techniques to analyze data from the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia, the Breakthrough Listen team spotted 72 fast radio bursts (FRBs) coming from an object known as'the repeater.' Evidence of these strange signals has piled in over the last few years – but, scientists still aren't quite sure what's causing them. Using machine learning techniques to analyze data from the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia (pictured), the Breakthrough Listen team spotted 72 fast radio bursts (FRBs) coming from an object known as'the repeater' The latest batch of fast radio bursts was discovered in Breakthrough Listen's 2017 data after applying the machine learning techniques. The so-called'repeater,' an object known more formally as FRB 121102, has baffled researchers for years.