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Cosmic waves discovery could unlock mysteries of intergalactic space
Published 22 mins ago on June 27, 2019
By Agence France-Presse
Scientists were celebrating a groundbreaking astronomical discovery Thursday that they say could pave the way for mapping the outer reaches of the universe.
An Australian-led team of international astronomers have determined for the first time the precise source of a powerful, one-off burst of cosmic radio waves.
They have pinpointed it to a massive galaxy billions of light years away, with properties that upend what scientists previously thought they knew about the formation of mysterious fast radio bursts (FRBs).
“This result is highly anticipated within the astronomy community,” Casey Law, an astronomer at UC Berkeley who was not involved in the study told AFP.
More:
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/06/cosmic-waves-discovery-could-unlock-mysteries-of-intergalactic-space/
