In a galaxy far, far away...

"Astronomers have detected a mysterious radio burst, with a pattern similar to a beating heart, from a far-away galaxy.
In their findings, published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature on Wednesday, the researchers noted that the signal – classified as a fast radio burst, or FRB – is the longest-lasting of its kind ever detected. It also displays the clearest periodic pattern for an FRB found so far.