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Deep space radio signal reaches Earth after 8B years


A mysterious and powerful burst of radio waves reached Earth after traveling through space for 8 billion years dubbed FRB 20220610A.

Dr. Stuart Ryder, an esteemed astronomer at Macquarie University in Australia, is among the dedicated team of scientists working diligently to unravel the mysteries surrounding this cosmic enigma. Through advanced technologies and collaborative efforts, they aim to decode the origins and implications of these fast radio bursts, potentially unlocking new insights into the fundamental workings of our universe and the forces that shape it. Recent studies with advanced telescopes have started to find these elusive hydrogen clouds, suggesting that a significant chunk of the universe’s matter could be hiding in this diffuse state.

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