What’s Causing These Mysterious Radio Bursts From Beyond Our Galaxy?

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The last instant of a neutron star being eaten by a black hole. Dana Berry/NASA

Neutron stars are so dense that not even black holes can tear them apart. When one falls into a black hole, the black hole swallows it whole. Without material being disrupted, we have a hard time to tell such an event has taken place. At least until now. A new study has claimed that extremely powerful fast radio bursts (FRBs) are generated in the last instant before a neutron star collides with a black hole.