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Newly discovered fast radio burst challenges what astronomers know about these powerful astronomical phenomena

  • Written by Kshitij Aggarwal, Affiliate Researcher in Astronomy and Astrophysics, West Virginia University
Newly discovered fast radio burst challenges what astronomers know about these powerful astronomical phenomenaResearchers used a radio telescope in New Mexico to study a particularly interesting fast radio burst.Diana Robinson/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

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