The FRB was detected on May 14, 2014, by astronomer Emily Petroff and colleagues who were using the Parkes radio telescope. The radio waves seemed to be coming from a source approximately 5.5 billion light-years from Earth, near the constellation AQUARIUS. :) Twelve other telescopes, both ground-based and in space, were then directed towards the source over the next few hours, enabling the researchers to make observations in a range of different wavelengths, including visible light, UV and X-ray. They hoped that this data might offer some clues on the origin of the burst, but no afterglow was observed.
Posted on: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 22:43:21 +0000
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