Gotcha: Fast radio burst’s home nabbed
Repeating signal let astronomers point multiple telescopes at distant galaxy

CAUGHT IN THE ACT The first images of a mysterious radio burst taken by the Very Large Array (pictured) reveal that these blasts originate in a tiny galaxy roughly 2.5 billion light-years away.
Dave Finley, NRAO/AUI/NSF
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