Fast radio bursts ( FRBs ) are one of the most interesting phenomenon discovered in the last decennium . They are quick radio pulsing endure   a few millisecond that   likely constitute beyond the Milky Way , although we still do n’t know what causes them .

Now , Penn State University researchers have discovered that FRBs can free a billion time more get-up-and-go in the anatomy of da Gamma - rays than keep in wireless waves . The research was published in theAstrophysical Journal Letters , and rivet on FRB 131104 , which pass on November 4 , 2013 .

" I get going this search for FRB opposite number without expecting to find anything , " said star author James DeLaunay in astatement . " This salvo was the first that even had useful data point to analyze . When I see that it show a possible Vasco da Gamma - shaft of light counterpart , I could n’t conceive my luck ! "

This is the first FRB that has been observed in another wavelength , and the discovery was possible thanks toNASA ’s Swiftobservatory that regularly scans the sky to catch go - re and gamma - electron beam burst . It was quite lucky that it was bespeak at the right place at the right fourth dimension .

" Although theoriser had promise that FRBs might be accompanied by da Gamma rays , the gamma - ray emission we see from FRB 131104 is amazingly long - persistent and undimmed , " said Centennial State - generator Derek Fox , a Penn State professor of uranology and astrophysics .

The gamma - ray emission lasted between two and six minute , which is many hundreds of times the length of FRB 131104 . This , in combination with the gargantuan emission of energy in gamma - rays , suggests that FRBs must be because of somecatastrophic outcome .

" In fact , the energy and timescale of the gamma - ray emission is a better match to some types of supernova , or to some of the supermassive black hole accretion events that Swift has seen , " Fox added . " The problem is that no existing models predict that we would see an FRB in these fount . "

The investigator propose that in future detections of FRBs , there should be a speedy - reception observation that could identify possible counterparts and hopefully provide us with some clues about the true nature of these objects .