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Astronomy:  Blasts from the radio heavens

S. R. Kulkarni1 & E. Sterl Phinney1

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There is no coherent explanation for newly observed salvos of radio waves emanating from a direction near the Galactic Centre. Are they from a new type of stellar object? The search is on for similar radio emitters.

For thousands of years, we self-important humans have interpreted transient heavenly events as omens. The Chinese emperor was the Son of Heaven and paid a retinue of astronomers to keep careful track of comets and other 'guest stars' (novae and supernovae) to predict earthly catastrophes.

  1. S. R. Kulkarni and E. Sterl Phinney are in the Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.
    e-mails: Email: srk@astro.caltech.edu; Email: esp@tapir.caltech.edu

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