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South Africa’s MeerKAT combines with NASA’s Webb to pinpoint the most distant cosmic Fast Radio Burst – South African Radio Astronomy Observatory – NRF-SARAO | SA News

Record breaker dates back to just 3 billion years after the big bang.

In research published today in the journal Science, astronomers show that the most distant fast radio burst (FRB) identified to date originated from a surprisingly small and young galaxy at a time when the universe was only a quarter of its current age. While the origin of these cosmic beacons of radio waves remains uncertain, the new results indicate that this FRB was likely emitted by a young neutron star known as a magnetar.

The combined power of a new generation of ultra-sensitive radio telescopes such as MeerKAT and the upcoming SKA and the unique capabilities of the James Webb Space Telescope promises more…

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