Webb Telescope Detects Galaxy Origin Of The Farthest Fast Radio Burst We've Seen To Date

And the data it provided sheds light on the origins of fast radio bursts.

NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, T. Nanayakkara (USYD). Image Processing: J. DePasquale (STScI)

Back in 2024, scientists detected the farthest fast radio burst we've ever seen to date, thanks to observations by the MeerKAT ground telescope array. Fast radio bursts are ultra-fast radio waves from deep space, which last a fraction of a second but release as much as energy as what the sun emits in three…