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Mysterious fast radio burst traveled 8 billion years to reach Earth | CNN (www.cnn.com)

submitted 11 months ago by Mujumat to c/everythingscience

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[–] niktemadur 2 points 11 months ago

At a distance of 8 billion light years, I don't think an object the size of a pulsar can emit a signal energetic enough to travel that far and still have enough juice to be picked up by sensors on Earth.

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