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Astronomers detect most distant fast radio burst
Published Thursday, October 8, 2026 · Updated October 8
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Key points are extracted by an AI model and may contain errors or omissions. Always check the original sources.- Astronomers detected FRB 20240304B, which originated when the universe was approximately 3 billion years old.
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- The Guardian
The discovery of this distant FRB highlights the potential of these bursts to map unseen matter and understand the early universe, suggesting they may have been common in that era.
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