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Scientists detect a strange signal that took 10 billion years to reach Earth

Astronomers have traced a record-breaking fast radio burst to a tiny, intensely star-forming galaxy that existed when the universe was roughly 3 billion years old, according to BBC Sky at Night Magazine and ScienceAlert. The signal travelled about 10 billion years to reach Earth, making it the most distant and oldest burst of its kind yet detected. Researchers say its home galaxy is far smaller and more active than astronomers expected for a source of this type, and follow-up observations are now aimed at working out what inside it is firing the bursts.

Source: Scientists detect a strange signal that took 10 billion years to reach Earth — BBC Sky at Night Magazine

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