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Warning! This page contains information regarding Star Trek: Discovery, and thus may contain spoilers.
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A map of the seven red bursts
The red bursts were a series of artificial signals of unknown provenance.
The first appearance of the bursts occurred in perfect synchronization over a span of 24 hours in 2257. They were scattered across 30,000 light years of the Milky Way Galaxy, and would have required phenomenal energy to produce.
Upon detecting the bursts, Starfleet assigned the USS Enterprise to investigate. All of the signals disappeared as soon as they registered except one, which the Enterprise was unable to scan but was able to trace to its origin. However, a massive systems failure on the Enterprise forced Captain Christopher Pike to transfer his command to the USS Discovery to continue the mission. At the source of the burst, the Discovery found an interstellar asteroid containing the wreck of the USS Hiawatha, but no indication of who or what generated the signal.
High Chancellor L'Rell confirmed to Ambassador Sarek that the Klingons had also detected the red bursts and were not responsible.
Spock had foreknowledge of the red bursts, which prompted him to take a leave of absence from the Enterprise. He left encrypted data about the bursts in his final personal log entry, in case he did not return. (DIS: "Brother")
Some time after the initial series of bursts, a new signal was detected in the Beta Quadrant. Using its spore drive, Discovery was able to reach the location of this new burst, the planet of Terralysium, where it prevented radioactive debris from wiping out the planet's Human inhabitants. The burst was also visible from the planet's surface. (DIS: "New Eden")