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Ancient Radio Waves Arrive From Distant Past, Hitting Earth After 8 Billion Year Journey

Ancient Radio Waves Arrive From Distant Past, Hitting Earth After 8 Billion Year Journey

Astronomers discovered radio waves that traveled over 8 billion years from a collision of ancient galaxies, giving clues about the early universe.

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  • Astronomers detected radio waves from 8 billion years ago, more than half the universe's age.

  • The powerful blast came from ancient galaxies crashing together when the universe was young.

  • Studying the radio waves helps reveal what matter was like between galaxies billions of years ago.

Artist's impression of the path the fast radio burst FRB 20220610A took between the distant galaxy where it originated and Earth, in one of the Milky Way's spiral arms (not to scale)
Artist’s impression of the path the fast radio burst FRB 20220610A took …

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