WorldPingAstronomers have detected and traced the most distant fast radio burst ever recorded, a powerful flash of radio waves that traveled for more than 10 billion years across the cosmos before reaching Earth.
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James Webb telescope pinpoints the most distant 'fast radio burst' ever seen
Webb Measures Distance to Farthest Fast Radio Burst, Suggesting Origin
Astronomers pinpoint the most distant fast radio burst ever detected
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WorldPingThe James Webb Space Telescope has detected the farthest "fast radio burst" ever seen, providing more clues about these mysterious explosions.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Live Science
WorldPingFirst discovered in 2007, fast radio bursts are enigmatic, millisecond-long flashes of radio emission from the distant universe. Their origin remains uncertain, particularly since most are seen once and never again.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by NASA
WorldPingIntense flash of radio waves is more than 10bn years old and has travelled through ‘approximately 80% of cosmic history’ A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, a mysterious flash of energy was released into the universe.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by The Guardian
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