An astronomical phenomenon called fast radio bursts (FRBs) has been getting a lot of attention, as a new telescope is able to detect them far more often than was previously possible. These fast pulses of radio signals last only one to a few milliseconds, but on average they can release as much energy as our sun does in three days. FRBs were first discovered in 2007, and scientists noticed the first FRB in archived data dating back to 2001. Since then, many more FRBs have been reported, but most of the detections are one of a kind, and hypotheses about their origins range from explosions in exotic astrophysical objects to mysterious alien radio messages. Today, FRBs remain one of the most important unsolved mysteries in astronomy, but the number of detected FRBs has soared to more than 500 events in just one year due to the new telescope. At the …