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Fast radio burst has surprising source.(FRB 121102)

Fast radio burst has surprising source.(FRB 121102)

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1875098633

Fast radio burst has surprising source.(FRB 121102)

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Fast radio burst has surprising source.(FRB 121102)

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Cambridge: F+W Media, Inc

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Sky and telescope, 2017-04, Vol.133 (4), p.10

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English

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Cambridge: F+W Media, Inc

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For the first time, astronomers have placed a mysterious type of radio signal on the cosmic map--and ifs in a dwarf galaxy. Shami Chatterjee (Cornell University) and colleagues used the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array in New Mexico to catch nine bursts from FRB 121102, localizing it to within 0.1 arcsecond. That's 0.006% the diameter of the full Mo...

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Fast radio burst has surprising source.(FRB 121102)

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1875098633

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1875098633

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0037-6604

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