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Webb identified the host galaxy of the most distant fast radio burst yet

NASA says the James Webb Space Telescope found an actively star-forming dwarf galaxy 1,000 times less massive than expected.

14 Sources, 10d ago, updated 10d ago

$A field full of small galaxies of all shapes against the blackness of space. A few bright white stars show 8 prominent diffraction spikes. A small galaxy at lower right is highlighted with a white box. A shaded triangle extends upward to the corners of a larger box showing a zoom in of the region. Two fuzzy, light blue blobs are at center, with a larger and brighter one at top. Just above the top blob is a white crosshair showing the location where a fast radio burst was detected.$

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Gamma-ray burst’s engine reportedly stayed active for nearly a month, a record

WeAD’s morning brief also cites a study suggesting Rosalind Franklin found DNA’s helical structure before Watson and Crick.

17 Sources, 11d ago, updated 11d ago

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Mysterious flashes from EP250704a linked to neutron star mergers

AstroCurrent reports that astronomers found prompt high-energy signatures lasting 10 minutes in the event.

1 Source, 20d ago, first seen 20d ago

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Webb identified the host galaxy of the most distant fast radio burst yet

Gamma-ray burst’s engine reportedly stayed active for nearly a month, a record

Mysterious flashes from EP250704a linked to neutron star mergers

Featured in

Webb identified the host galaxy of the most distant fast radio burst yet

Gamma-ray burst’s engine reportedly stayed active for nearly a month, a record

Mysterious flashes from EP250704a linked to neutron star mergers