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Scientists trace space signal to its origin

The space scientists have had a big success. The location of the explosion of fast radio bursts (FRB), which is considered mysterious in the galaxy, has been detected. The origin is located 3.6 billion light-years away from our planet.

Fast Radio Burst (FRB) is a type of radio wave. It is not only difficult to detect them but studying them is also equally difficult. It arises for a duration of one billionth of a second. The first FRB was captured in the year 2001 by using the radio telescope but it could be analyzed in 2007.

A team of researchers from Australia have removed the curtain from the mystery of the FRB with the help of the Gemini South Telescope in Chile. Researchers have managed to capture the FRB again in a month.

For now, though, pinpointing one-off FRBs is cutting-edge science. The first time such an accomplishment was ever announced was just last Thursday, when an international team reported the origins of FRB 180924, which was also generated from a Milky Way-esque galaxy about 3.6 billion light-years away.

In September last year, this team had caught the speedy radio wave for the first time, which has been named FRB 180924. For this, the Australia Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder Telescope was used.

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