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Burst of radio waves in Milky Way probably came from neutron star – The Guardian
First fast radio burst found in our galaxy is traced to magnetar 30,000 light years away
For more than a decade, astronomers have puzzled over the origins of mysterious and fleeting bursts of radio waves that arrive from faraway galaxies.
Now, scientists have discovered the first such blast in the Milky Way and traced it back to its probable source: a small, spinning remnant from a collapsed star about 30,000 light years from Earth.
The surprise detection has handed researchers their strongest evidence yet that some if not all fast radio bursts, or FRBs, are unleashed by compact, highly…
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