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New detections of radio waves from a repeating fast radio burst have revealed an astonishingly potent magnetic field in the source’s environment, indicating that it is situated near a massive black hole or within a nebula of unprecedented power.

The findings by an international team of astronomers, including Victoria Kaspi and Shriharsh Tendulkar of ±«ÓãÖ±²¥, appear in the January 11 edition of Nature and are highlighted on the cover of the journal.

Classified as: fast radio burst, astrophysical, magnetized, FRB 121102, Kaspi, Tendulkar, Arecibo, Green Bank, CHIME, telescope
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Published on: 10 Jan 2018
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