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A Mysterious Fast Radio Burst Was Traced Back To An Unexpected Galaxy
A team of astronomers has traced a fast radio burst (FRB) back to a location that defies expectations—a tiny, faint dwarf ...
ScienceAlert on MSN9d
Fast Radio Burst Traced Back to The Last Place We Expected
Most of them flare just once, randomly, making them impossible to predict, and very difficult to trace back to a source. Some ...
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First-ever fast radio burst (FRB) found in an ancient, elliptical galaxy
This revelation began with the identification of FRB 20240209A, first detected in February 2024 by the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME). Unlike typical one-off FRBs ...
ExtremeTech on MSN8d
Astronomers Trace Fast Radio Burst to a Distant, Deep-Space Galaxy
The burst's host galaxy is more than halfway across the observable universe and up to 100 times fainter than other host ...
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A fast radio burst from a dead galaxy puzzles astronomers
A blast of radio waves from the outskirts of an ancient galaxy challenges theories about what creates such bursts.
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What are Fast Radio Bursts? Mysterious signals from space explained
But there's one source unlike any other that may hold the key to solving the mystery. It's called FRB 121102. It's the only known FRB that repeats. Astronomers have observed over 150 flashes from ...