Bright Sparks & Dark Secrets: How Fast Radio Bursts Illuminate the Distant Cosmos

Shortest 'fast radio bursts' ever discovered last only 1 millionth of a second

Researchers report on their discovery of the most ancient and distant fast radio burst located to date, about eight billion years old. It confirms that fast radio bursts (FRBs) can be used to measure the 'missing' matter between galaxies.

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