"8 Billion-Year-Old Radio Signal Shocks Astronomers"

Astronomers have detected a record-breaking radio signal that traveled eight billion light years from a distant galaxy to reach Earth. The fast radio burst (FRB) was more powerful and came from farther away than any previously recorded. The cause of FRBs remains a mystery, but scientists believe magnetars, highly magnetic dead stars, are the prime suspects. The recent FRB, named FRB 20220610A, originated from a clumpy galaxy that may have been merging with other galaxies. Scientists hope that studying FRBs will help uncover the secrets of the universe, including the missing matter known as dark matter and dark energy.