“Astronomers Detect Most Distant Fast Radio Burst from Galaxy 10 Billion Light-Years Away” — what this page in the network covers. An international team of astronomers has detected the most distant fast radio burst (FRB) ever recorded, a powerful flash of radio waves that traveled for over 10 billion years to reach Earth. The burst, designated FRB 20220610A, originated from a galaxy so far away that its light has been journeying through approximately 80% of cosmic history, offering a rare glimpse into the universe when it was just a third of its current age.
The discovery was made using the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) radio telescope, with follow-up observations from the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope in Chile. This finding, published in the journal Science, pushes the boundaries of FRB research, which has puzzled astronomers since the first burst was detected in 2007. For the complete material, the listing points back to the source inside the network.