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A decade waiting (and working), then two FRBs nailed in a week

Cosmos Magazine - Fri 5 Jul 19

But Australian and US astronomers took different approaches. Richard A Lovett reports.

Second Non-Repeating Fast Radio Burst Tracked to Its Source

Discover Magazine - Tue 2 Jul 19

The Deep Synoptic Array-10, which spotted the burst, is located at the Owens Valley Radio Observatory. (Credit: Caltech/OVRO/Gregg Hallinan) Fast radio bursts, or FRBs, are one of astronomy’s ...

Fast radio burst pinpointed to distant galaxy

Phys.org - Tue 2 Jul 19

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are among the most enigmatic and powerful events in the cosmos. Around 80 of these events—intensely bright millisecond-long bursts of radio waves coming from beyond ...

Fast radio burst pinpointed to distant galaxy, ScienceDaily - Tue 2 Jul 19

3rd mysterious deep-space flash traced to host galaxy

FOXNews - Thu 4 Jul 19

Astronomers just pinpointed the source galaxy of another fast radio burst (FRB), suggesting that these brief and bizarre cosmic blasts may not remain mysterious for much longer.

3rd Mysterious Deep-Space Flash Traced to Host Galaxy, Livescience - Wed 3 Jul 19
3rd Mysterious Deep-Space Flash Traced to Host Galaxy, SPACE.com - Tue 2 Jul 19

Scientists trace the origin of ANOTHER fast radio burst, this time to galaxy 7.9bn light-years away

Daily Mail - Wed 3 Jul 19

The latest breakthrough comes thanks to the radio telescopes at Caltech's Owens Valley Radio Observatory (OVRO) east of the Sierra Nevada mountains.

Another mysterious deep space signal traced to the other side of the universe - CNET

CNET Cutting Edge - Wed 3 Jul 19

Fast radio bursts suddenly seem to be everywhere in the news, but they're still coming from very far away.

A second one-time fast radio burst has been traced back to its galaxy

Astronomy.com - Tue 2 Jul 19

A Milky Way-like galaxy nearly 8 billion years ago birthed the brief pulse of radio waves, further deepening the mystery of these strange cosmic signals.