Mysterious series of fast radio bursts may have been twisted by extreme environment
Astronomers watching a fast-radio burst flashing from more than 3 billion light-years away say that its source lies in an extreme environment with a powerful magnetic field - perhaps a supermassive black hole, or the remains of a supernova.
The findings about the phenomenon known as FRB 121102, described in the journal Nature and at the American Astronomical Society meeting outside Washington, hint that this mysterious source of powerful radio waves whose origin has puzzled scientists for years may finally be revealing its secrets.
Since their discovery in
