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Fast Radio Bursts: Mystery Solved?

Our favorite fast radio burst, FRB 121102, brings us one step closer to understanding its source, and astronomers have a new theoretical upper limit for star masses.

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Sources:

http://nature.com/articles/doi:10.1038/nature25149
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/04/science/fast-radio-burst-galaxy.html

A Fast Radio Burst Every Second?


http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/astronomers-trace-fast-radio-burst-to-a-surprising-source/

http://science.sciencemag.org/content/359/6371/69
http://pages.astronomy.ua.edu/keel/galaxies/starburst.html

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https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_2218.html
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http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/astronomers-trace-fast-radio-burst-to-a-surprising-source/

A Fast Radio Burst Every Second?


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