Scientists have identified the origin of a mysterious radio wave explosion from the deep space, discovering an unknown object in a nearby galaxy and seems to have created the signal.

A team from the Harvard and Smithsonian Astrophysics Center and the MacGill University in Canada revealed that one of the brightest and fastest radio bursts ever identified came from the galaxy called NGC 4141, just 130 million.

The broadcasts of radio waves last just a few milliseconds. It is believed to come from extreme events in space, such as the deaths of bulky stars (supernova) that leave behind the magnetic neutron stars called the male.

However, some scientists are wondering if rapid radio waves could be artificial, that is, whether they could come from advanced extraterrestrial technology, such as powerful radios sent by an extraterrestrial culture.

This powerful explosion found in March, named FRB 20250316A or “RBFLAT”, is the first to be found by astronomers in a precise location in a neighboring galaxy.

In addition, using the James WebB space telescope (JWST), they found a faint infrared light, which they called Nir-1, which can hide the actual source of the radio.

Mawson Sammons, a postdoctoral researcher at McGill, said: “This marks the beginning of a new era where we can systematically detect even individual, non -repetitive eruptions accurately. This changes the data to understand what is behind them. “

The explosion of radio waves was found in a small area on the outskirts of NGC 4141, about the size of a stellar flock (a group of stars in larger galaxies).

Although it is 130 million light -years from Earth, the NGC 4141 (found the radio wave explosion) is relatively close to compared to other radio waves that people have identified.

The discovery was made using a Canadian radio telescope called Chime, designed to record these rare explosions.

After finding the broadcast of radio waves, the scientists used the James WebB space telescope (JWST) to take detailed infrared photos of the same spot, revealing the dim object that can be a local star or something else.

Edo Berger, Professor of Astronomy at Harvard, said: “The ability to isolate individual stars around a quick explosion of radio waves is a huge gain compared to previous research and is starting to tell us what kind of stellar systems could produce these powerful bursts.”

Rapid radio waves such as RBFloat are like a sudden, powerful “beep” of invisible energy that disappears before you can open your eyes, the Daily Mail reports.

However, unlike a radio stach to the earth through which voices or music are transported, a rapid radio wave burst produces a sudden static “pop” that disappears immediately.

At present, scientists have several theories about what could have caused this particular radio wave burst, as well as others who are regularly repeated throughout the universe.

Nir-1 can be a red big star, a star near the end of his life-ending life.

This radio wave burst could also come from a magnostro in a nearby flock of young, bulky stars, though Magnastro itself is too dim to see it from Earth.

A third guess mentioned by the authors of the study is that infrared light is a weakened “echo” by the explosion itself, not a star, and scientists are planning to observe it again to see if it weakens, which could clarify the source.

If the source of the short signal was alien, it could be precisely like a natural rapid radio wave burst.

However, radio waves such as the one studied this year have not shown signs that they have intelligent patterns or codes containing messages.

Amanda Cook, McGill -based postdoctoral researcher, said in a press release: “This result is a turning point: instead of just detecting these mysterious flashes, we can now see exactly where they come from.”

“Opens the door to find out if they are caused by dying stars, exotic magnetic objects or something we haven’t thought yet”Cook added.