A fast radio burst localized to a massive galaxy
Nature News - Tue 2 Jul 19Nature, Published online: 02 July 2019; doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1389-7A fast radio burst localized to a massive galaxy
Closing in on a fast radio burst in a galaxy far, far away
Cosmos Magazine - Fri 28 Jun 19Keith Bannister and Shivani Bhandari from Australia’s CSIRO describe how a ‘new killer app’ helped with an important breakthrough.
How we closed in on the location of a fast radio burst in a galaxy far, far away
Phys.org - Fri 28 Jun 19Astronomers have spent the past dozen years hunting for fast radio bursts (FRBs) – flashes of radio waves that come from outer space and last just milliseconds. And after a dozen years of ...
Elusive radio burst tracked down to suburbs of distant galaxy
ABC Science - Thu 27 Jun 19For the first time, astronomers have pinpointed the origin of a single massive burst of radio waves to the outer suburbs of a galaxy 3.6 billion light-years away. ...
Mystery radio waves from space tracked to a surprising home galaxy
Newscientist - Thu 27 Jun 19For the second time, astronomers have tracked a strange blast of radio waves from space to its host galaxy – and it is strangely different from the first one
Astronomers Pinpoint Location of a Single Fast Radio Burst for First Time
Discover Magazine - Thu 27 Jun 19The Australian SKA Pathfinder radio telescope is the first to pinpoint the source of a non-repeating Fast Radio Burst. (Credit: CSIRO/Andrew Howells) Fast Radio Bursts are one of space’s ...
In a first, telescopes tracked a lone fast radio burst to a faraway galaxy
ScienceNews - Thu 27 Jun 19First-time observations suggest that the cause of one-time fast radio bursts is different from what triggers repeatedly flashing radio bursts.
Astronomers make history in a split second
Phys.org - Thu 27 Jun 19In a world first, an Australian-led international team of astronomers has determined the precise location of a powerful one-off burst of cosmic radio waves.
Astronomers Make History in a Split Second, SpaceDaily - Sun 30 Jun 19Astronomers make history in a split second, Eurekalert - Thu 27 Jun 19
Astronomers make history in a split second, Phys.org (news wire) - Thu 27 Jun 19
More mysterious signals from deep space detected - CNET
CNET Cutting Edge - Sun 30 Jun 19New fast radio bursts from beyond our galaxy have been recorded, adding more data to help solve one of the universe's most recent puzzles.
Mysterious 'fast radio burst' traced back to its home galaxy for first time ever
FOXNews - Fri 28 Jun 19Three and a half billion years ago, a mysterious object on the edge of a distant galaxy spewed forth an intensely bright, vanishingly brief burst of radio energy that shot across the universe.
Mysterious 'Fast Radio Burst' Traced Back to Its Home Galaxy for First Time Ever, Livescience - Thu 27 Jun 19Scientists trace a cosmic radio burst to a galaxy 3.6 billion light-years away
Engadget - Fri 28 Jun 19Back in 2017, a team of scientists was able to pinpoint the origin of a repeating fast radio burst to a dwarf galaxy over 3 billion light years away. Now, researchers were able trace ...
Astronomers discover the source of unexplained cosmic radio burst - CNET
CNET - Thu 27 Jun 19A mysterious, one-off radio burst was received from deep-space in September 2018. Now we know where it came from.
Scientists trace the origin of mysterious fast radio burst for the first time
Daily Mail - Thu 27 Jun 19Fast radio bursts (FRBs) have perplexed researchers for years, appearing as fleeting signals from the distant universe that can't be explained. They last less than a millisecond.
It came from outer space: Weird radio signal came from distant galaxy
USA today - Thu 27 Jun 19For the first time, the origin of a single radio pulse has been pinpointed to a distant galaxy several billion light years away, a new study said.       
Astronomers discover the source of a mysterious space signal - CNET
CNET Cutting Edge - Thu 27 Jun 19An unexplained, one-off radio burst was received from deep-space in September 2018. Now we know where it came from.
Mysterious Cosmic Radio Burst Detected in a Completely Unexpected Region of Space
Gizmodo - Thu 27 Jun 19For years, astronomers have struggled to understand the source of fast radio bursts, powerful split-second pulses of energy that originate far outside our galaxy. In an astonishing technical ...
Mysterious Extragalactic Flash Pinpointed for 2nd Time Ever
SPACE.com - Thu 27 Jun 19Astronomers are starting to get the goods on fast radio bursts, one of the most mysterious phenomena in the universe.
Astronomers pinpoint location of a single fast radio burst for the first time
Astronomy.com - Thu 27 Jun 19Powerful but mysterious outbursts of radio waves are popping off all around us. Researchers using a radio telescope array in Australia have finally traced a one-and-done burst back to the galaxy ...
Cosmic firecrackers: The mystery of fast radio bursts
Astronomy.com - Thu 27 Jun 19These bright but fleeting explosions unleash more energy than the Sun produces in a day — and yet we don't even know what causes them.
Fast radio burst pinpointed to distant galaxy
Eurekalert - Tue 2 Jul 19In a rare feat, astronomers have pinpointed the place of origin of a fast radio burst, with a surprising outcome.
Cosmic cat and mouse: Astronomers capture and tag a fleeting radio burst
SpaceDaily - Sun 30 Jun 19Hilo HI (SPX) Jun 28, 2019 An Australian-led team of astronomers using the Gemini South telescope in Chile have successfully confirmed the distance to a galaxy hosting an intense radio burst ...
Cosmic cat and mouse: Astronomers capture and tag a fleeting radio burst, ScienceDaily - Thu 27 Jun 19Cosmic cat and mouse: Astronomers capture and tag a fleeting radio burst, Eurekalert - Thu 27 Jun 19
Pinpointing the extragalactic origin of a single fast radio burst
Eurekalert - Thu 27 Jun 19(American Association for the Advancement of Science) The origin of a single, transient radio pulse has been pinpointed to a distant galaxy several billion light years away, representing the ...