Astronomers Track a Fast Radio Burst to Its Source—a Magnetar
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The origin of these explosions of radio waves has long been an astrophysics mystery. Now one has been traced to an ultra-dense spinning, magnetized stellar core.
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Astronomers Watched a Fast Radio Burst Go Right Through a Star's Atmosphere - Universe Today
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Fast radio burst tied to distant dwarf galaxy and, perhaps, magnetar
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FRB 140514: Astronomers Observe First 'Live' Fast Radio Burst
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Astronomers Track a Fast Radio Burst to Its Source—a Magnetar
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We just found a source for one of the most mysterious phenomena in astronomy
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A bizarre fast radio burst came from a binary system, astronomers say, News
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A Second Mysterious Radio Outburst from Magnetar XTE J1810-197 - AAS Nova
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The Mystery of Cosmic Radio Bursts Gets Bright New Clues
Astronomers find the first known regular pattern of fast radio bursts
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Fast radio bursts could be distant magnetars, new evidence suggests
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Astronomers Find Powerful 'Fast Radio Burst' That Traveled for Eight Billion Years, Smart News
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Bad Astronomy, Astronomers trace a mysterious radio burst to its source… 3.6 billion light years away!
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Strange Radio Bursts Seen Coming From a Galaxy Far, Far Away
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Source of weird space signals turns out to be weird, too - CNET
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Cosmic firecrackers: The mystery of fast radio bursts