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    Scientists trace a cosmic radio burst to a galaxy 3.6 billion light-years away

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    Mariella Moon
    Mariella Moon
    06.28.2019

    Back in 2017, a team of scientists was able to pinpoint the origin of a repeating fast radio burst to a dwarf galaxy over 3 billion light years away. Now, researchers were able trace yet another cosmic radio burst's home galaxy -- and this discovery is even more impressive than the first, seeing as it was a single radio burst that happened only once, not a repeating one.