10 Mysterious Finds That Will Boggle Your Mind!

6. FRB 121102

Found Year: 2017. Duncan Lorimer found it. Location: Not specified A Fast Radio Burst, which can last anywhere from a few milliseconds to a fraction of a millisecond, is essentially a radio wave pulse that bursts. Although Duncan Lorimer found the first of these bursts in 2007, FRB 121102, found ten years later, is the most interesting.

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FRB 121102 ©Shutterstock/John M. Chase The Fast Radio Burst, or FRB 121102, was detected on an enigmatic August day in 2017 emanating from a galaxy located 3 billion light-years away. What's strange is that this burst repeated 93 times, in contrast to other ones that have happened throughout time. One explanation for the sequence of FRBs is that they were created by things colliding with a black hole.

7. The Hoag's Object

Found Year: 1950 It was found by Arthur Hoag. Location: Not specified If it qualifies as a galaxy, Hoag's Object, discovered in 1950 by American astronomer Arthur Hoag, is unidentifiable from any other galaxy ever discovered. Hoag's Object is neither of the two prevalent shapes of galaxies, which are elliptical (Cygnus A) or spiral (Milky Way).

Hoag's Object © Shutterstock/Gtspace Hag's Object is the only known ring galaxy, therefore its origins are still mostly unknown. Astronomers have experimented with the theory that a smaller galaxy, Hoag's Object, burst through the galaxy a few billion years ago, like a bullet through a target, scattering its swirls in the process. This is one theory for the galaxy's empty inner circle.