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Deep Dive: Webb Measures Distance to Farthest Fast Radio Burst, Suggesting Origin

Ran in the Morning picture edition of LivePulse, Wednesday, October 21, 2026
Original reporting: NASA, 2026-10-08

First discovered in 2007, fast radio bursts are enigmatic, millisecond-long flashes of radio emission from the distant universe. Their origin remains uncertain, particularly since most are seen once and never again. Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have pinpointed the host galaxy of the most distant fast radio burst (FRB) seen to date. Their […]

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