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Astronomers Finally Trace Brightest Fast Radio Burst to Its Source
Astronomers have pinpointed the origin of the most powerful fast radio burst ever recorded to a massive star-forming galaxy 3.6 billion light-years away, shedding new light on the physics of these extreme cosmic events.
Key Takeaways
- Very long baseline interferometry pinpointed the brightest FRB ever detected to a galaxy 3.6 billion light-years away
- Host galaxy is a massive star-forming environment consistent with the magnetar origin hypothesis
- FRBs like this one are also used as probes of intergalactic matter distribution across cosmic distances
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