Thursday, 11 January 2018

Mysterious series of fast radio bursts may have been twisted by extreme environment

Astronomers watching a fast radio burst flashing from more than 3 billion light-years away say that its source lies in an extreme environment with a powerful magnetic field — perhaps a supermassive black hole, or the remains of a supernova.

The findings about the phenomenon known as FRB 121102,...



from latimes.com - Los Angeles Times http://ift.tt/2mfEIzq

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