Pinpointing a Fast Radio Burst
Rare, sudden surges of radiation originate in a dwarf galaxy 2.5 billion light-years away.
By Bill Andrews
Jan 24, 2018 6:00 AMNov 12, 2019 4:10 AM
The Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia and other radio observatories saw the signal bursts. | Jiuguang Wang via Flickr, CC By-SA 2.0
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