An unusual elliptical galaxy with a history of absorbing smaller galaxies appears to be approaching its next target.
For the first time, astronomers have traced a fast radio burst (FRB) to the outskirts of an ancient, dead, elliptical galaxy -- an unprecedented home for a phenomenon previously associated with ...
These FRBs, named FRB 20240209A, are located outside of the massive ancient elliptical galaxy it is associated with that only contains old and dead stars, Shah said. Using the James Webb Space ...
She noted, however, that the other FRB originating in a globular cluster was associated with a live galaxy, not an old elliptical in which star formation ceased billions of years ago. "It's clear ...
Researchers from Northwestern University and McGill University located the signal close to the edges of a historic elliptical galaxy which helped advance their knowledge of this phenomenon.
But, while most FRBs originate well within their galaxies, the team traced FRB 20240209A to the outskirts of its home—130,000 lightyears from the galaxy's center where few other stars exist.