Q. Consider the following statements:

1. Fast radio bursts (FRB) are long radio signals.
2. The merging of two neutron stars colliding and turning into a black hole may causes the fast radio bursts.
3. A neutron star and a black hole both have a magnetic field.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: Only 2
Notes:

• Fast radio bursts (FRB) are intense but short radio signals that last for milliseconds.
• The first FRB was discovered in 2007 by American astronomer Duncan Lorimer which led to the term 'Lorimer Bursts'.
• The merging of two neutron stars colliding and turning into a black hole may have caused the fast radio bursts.
• A neutron star has a magnetic field but a black hole does not have a magnetic field.

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