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MIT Astronomers Identify Source of Cosmic Radio Burst

1/2/2025

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Astronomers at MIT have made a groundbreaking discovery, pinpointing the source of fast radio burst FRB 20221022A from a galaxy 200 million light-years away. This burst likely emanated from a rotating neutron star, just 10,000 kilometers away, reshaping our understanding of these cosmic phenomena and hinting at their origins within the neutron star's magnetosphere.

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Astronomers at MIT have made a groundbreaking discovery, pinpointing the source of fast radio burst FRB 20221022A from a galaxy 200 million light-years away. This burst likely emanated from a rotating neutron star, just 10,000 kilometers away, reshaping our understanding of these cosmic phenomena and hinting at their origins within the neutron star's magnetosphere.