11 Jun 2024

Non-repeating fast radio bursts (FRBs) probably originate from galaxies similar to our Milky Way.

This is wat an international team of astronomers suspects based on their findings. The team compared the polarised light from 128 of these non-repeating FRBs with repeating ones. The researchers, including Ziggy Pleunis (UvA and ASTRON), publish their results in The Astrophysical Journal today.

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Artist impression of the polarized light of a pulsar which lands on the CHIME telescope.