Webb Spots Most Distant Fast Radio Burst Yet
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has identified the host galaxy of the farthest fast radio burst (FRB) ever detected, adding a new piece to the puzzle of where these brief cosmic flashes come from. The galaxy, tied to FRB 20240304B, sits over 11 billion light-years away and is far less massive than most FRB hosts. This challenges current ideas about how these energy bursts form.
- Webb confirmed the host galaxy for FRB 20240304B
- The FRB originated over 11 billion light-years away
- The host is a small, actively star-forming dwarf galaxy
- Most known FRB hosts are much larger galaxies
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