Blob-like home of farthest-known fast radio burst is collection of seven galaxies sciencedaily.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sciencedaily.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
<p>In summer 2022, astronomers detected the most powerful and most distant fast radio burst (FRB) ever observed. Now, astronomers led by Northwestern University have pinpointed the extraordinary object’s birthplace — and it’s rather curious, indeed. Using images from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, the researchers traced the FRB back to not <em>one</em> galaxy but a group of at least <em>seven </em>galaxies. </p>