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Scientists Trace Radio Burst to a 10 Billion-Year-Old Distant Galaxy

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The discovery marks the most distant ever galaxy of origin for such a signal in almost 20 years of research

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The British press reported the discovery of a high-range, high-speed radiocast that occurred when the universe was about 3 billion years old. Astronomers recorded a powerful FRB signal, with a distance of more than twice the previous record, transmitting TASS with reference to The Guardian. Radovsplsk, more than 10 billion years ago. It was detected by the South African radio telescope MeerKAT. After that, scientists used the James Webb Space Te…

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An intense impulse from where radio is over 10 billion years old and traveled "about 80% of cosmic history," reports The Guardian. "A long time ago, in a very, very distant galaxy, a mysterious explosion of energy was released into the universe. Astronomers now detected with the radio telescope...

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ASTRONOMERS have discovered the most distant 10-billion-year-old radio burst that reveals secrets about invisible matter and the origin of the early universe.

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Astronomers have made another breakthrough. They have discovered the most distant fast radio burst, which took over 10 billion years to reach Earth. In this respect, FRB 20240304B sets a new record. Interestingly, the identified fast radio burst originates from a relatively small galaxy.

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Newswise broke the news in Charlottesville, United States on Thursday, October 8, 2026.
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