ESA/Hubble heic2402: Hubble finds weird home of farthest fast radio burst — Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have found a rare oddball event in an oddball place.. A Fast Radio Burst (FRB) is a fleeting blast of energy that can – for a few milliseconds – outshine an entire galaxy. Over the past few years hundreds of FRBs have been detected. They pop off all over the …

ESA/Hubble News
9 January 2024

A Fast Radio Burst (FRB) is a fleeting blast of energy that can – for a few milliseconds – outshine an entire galaxy. Over the past few years hundreds of FRBs have been detected. They pop off all over the sky like camera flashes at a stadium event, but the sources behind these intense bursts of radiation remain uncertain.

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9 January 2024




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