Intense radio signals are coming from massive galaxies, scientists say
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Intense radio signals are coming from massive galaxies, scientists say

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Mysterious blasts of intense energy, known as fast radio bursts, are coming from massive galaxies, scientists have said. Fast radio bursts were first found in 2017, when scientists spotted that very powerful, very short pulses of radio-frequency light occasionally lit up the sky. Our work helps to answer this question.” What’s more, it could offer clues about magnetars themselves, as well as fast radio bursts. A paper reporting the findings, ‘Preferential Occurrence of Fast Radio Bursts in Massive Star-Forming Galaxies’, is published in Nature.

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