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Astronomers Detected 2 Major Targets With a Single Telescope

Astronomers have been working to better understand the galactic environments of fast radio bursts (FRBs) — intense, momentary bursts of energy occurring in mere milliseconds and with unknown cosmic origins. Now, a study of the slow-moving, star-forming gas in the same galaxy found to host an FRB has been published in The Astrophysical Journal. This ...

Troy Oakes

The Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) radio telescope dishes are located in the Western Australian desert.