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Astronomers previously thought all FRBs were generated by magnetars formed through the explosions of very young, massive stars. But new FRB is pinpointed to the outskirts of 11.3-billion-year-old ...

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Astronomers compile a large sample of an unusual class of objects in an effort to connect the dots to the early universe.