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MIT scientists pin down the origins of a fast radio burst: « The fleeting cosmic firework likely emerged from the turbulent magnetosphere around a far-off neutron star. »


MIT astronomers pinned down the origins of at least one fast radio burst, a brief and brilliant explosion of radio waves emitted by an extremely compact object. The team’s novel technique might also reveal the sources of other FRBs.

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