A search for the host galaxy of FRB 171020

A new paper in Astrophysical Journal Letters outlines a possible location for one of 20 recently identified fast radio bursts (FRBs). Narrowed down to a galaxy near our own, this is the closest FRB detected so far. CSIRO astronomer Elizabeth Mahoney explains more in this article for The Conversation.

Added by Gabby Russell on 2018-10-31