South Africa’s MeerKAT and NASA’s Webb Identify Host Galaxy of Most Distant Fast Radio Burst

South Africa’s MeerKAT radio telescope and NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope collaborated to pinpoint the host galaxy of the most distant fast radio burst detected, tracing the millisecond signal to a galaxy approximately 10 billion light‑years away, confirming its age and providing the first precise location for such an ancient cosmic event.

Source: South Africa’s MeerKAT and NASA’s Webb Identify Host Galaxy of Most Distant Fast Radio Burst — Space in Africa

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Topics: fastradioburst · astronomy · space · nasa · science