Mysterious Repeating Fast Radio Burst Traced to Very Unexpected Location
A recently discovered repeating fast radio burst (FRB) named FRB 20200120E is deepening the mystery of these already deeply mysterious space signals.
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A recently discovered repeating fast radio burst (FRB) named FRB 20200120E is deepening the mystery of these already deeply mysterious space signals.
We've Detected the Closest Extragalactic FRB Yet, but It's From an Unexpected Place 1 JUNE 2021 A newly discovered repeating fast radio burst (FRB) named FRB 20200120E is deepening the mystery of these already deeply mysterious space signals. Astronomers have tracked its location to a galaxy 11.7 million light-years away, which makes it the closest known fast radio burst, 40 times closer than the next-closest extragalactic signal. But it also appears in a globular cluster - a clump of very old stars, not the sort of place at all one might expect to find the type of star spitting out FRBs. ┬...