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More 'bright' fast radio bursts revealed, but where do they all come from?

  • Written by Ryan Shannon, Postdoctoral fellow, Swinburne University of Technology, Swinburne University of Technology
Central antennas of the Australia Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder.Alex Cherney/CSIRO, Author provided

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are one of the great astrophysical mysteries. They are brief, bright flashes of radio waves that last a few milliseconds. Despite happening frequently – thousands occur over the entire sky every day – only a...

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