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 Latest Space News: Where do fast radio bursts come from? Astronomers tie mysterious eruptions to massive galaxies
Link: https://www.space.com/the-universe/where-do-fast-radio-bursts-come-from-astronomers-tie-mysterious-eruptions-to-massive-galaxies
Summary: Fast radio bursts — powerful and poorly understood cosmic eruptions — tend to occur in massive galaxies that host long-dead stars known as magnetars, a new study suggests.