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Mysterious fast radio burst traveled 8 billion years to reach Earth | CNN (www.cnn.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Is it a pulsar? Usually these things turn out to be pulsars.

[โ€“] 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.