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Astronomers closer to unlocking origin of mysterious fast radio bursts

Posted: 19 Mar 2022 05:16 AM PDT

Nearly 15 years after the discovery of fast radio bursts (FRBs), the origin of the millisecond-long, deep-space cosmic explosions remains a mystery.  That may soon change, thanks to the work of an international team of scientists which tracked hundreds of the bursts from five different sources and found clues in FRB polarization patterns that may reveal their origin.