A 10.8-Billion-Year-Old Radio Burst Is Pointing to a Surprising Home

After traveling 10.8 billion years, fast radio burst FRB 20240304B was picked up by South Africa’s MeerKAT array, making it the most distant FRB yet detected. Follow-up observations with the James Webb Space Telescope linked the signal to a dwarf galaxy where about 90% of the stars formed less than 30 million years ago, an […]
Key Takeaways
- After traveling 10.8 billion years, fast radio burst FRB 20240304B was picked up by South Africa’s MeerKAT array, making it the most distant FRB yet detected.
- Follow-up observations with the James Webb Space Telescope linked the signal to a dwarf galaxy where about 90% of the stars formed less than 30 million years ago, an […]
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