Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) are mysterious, millisecond flashes of radio light of unknown origin from far outside the Milky Way. The nature of FRBs, including their emission mechanism and environment, is one of the most perplexing enigmas in astrophysics and a major front for research. To deepen the mystery, a subset of FRB sources emits multiple bursts, the so-called “repeaters,” while for most FRBs only one burst is observed. Their all-sky rate of ~1,000 per day suggests the phenomenon is ubiquitous. 

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There is no consensus about the FRB origin despite a large number of recent detections. Understanding these enigmatic new objects remains one of the most important missions of astronomy. Diverse progenitors have been proposed as the origin of FRBs, including white dwarfs, old neutron stars, old black holes, magnetars, young pulsars, supernovae remnants, and active supermassive black holes. 

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Dr. Saurabh Singh from RRI is a collaborator in the project, and one VLBI station would be setup at the Gauribidanur Radio Observatory, located at Gauribidanur, near Bengaluru, India

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