Precise Location, Distance Provide Breakthrough in Study of Fast Radio Bursts

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Precise Location, Distance Provide Breakthrough in Study of Fast Radio Bursts

Precise Location, Distance Provide Breakthrough in Study of Fast Radio Bursts

In January 2017, for the first time, astronomers pinpointed the location in the sky of a Fast Radio Burst (FRB), allowing them to determine the distance and home galaxy of one of these mysterious pulses of radio waves. The new information rules out several suggested explanations for the source of FRBs.

Credit: Bill Saxton, NRAO/AUI/NSF; Hubble Legacy Archive, ESA, NASA

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