Cambridge MA (SPX) Dec 16, 2013First discovered in 2007, "fast radio bursts" continue to defy explanation. These cosmic chirps last for only a thousandth of a second. The characteristics of the radio pulses suggested that they came from galaxies billions of light-years away. However, new work points to a much closer origin - flaring stars within our own galaxy. "We propose that fast radio bursts aren't as exotic as astr Reported by Space Daily 8 hours ago.