Astronomers pinpoint location of mysterious radio signal across the universe

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are one of the most puzzling mysteries of the space age. These one-off, millisecond-long signals pour in from all corners of the cosmos, and so far nobody's been able to figure out what causes them or where they're even coming from. Now, a team of astronomers has finally managed to trace one of the signals back to its home galaxy billions of light-years away, meaning we're closing in on the culprit.

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Category: Space

Tags:

• Astronomy
• Australia
• CSIRO
• Galaxy
• Keck observatory
• Radio
• Signal
• Telescope
• Very Large Telescope
• VLT

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