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Most Powerful Fast Radio Burst Ever Detected Hits Telescopes Across North America (gizmodo.com)
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[–] SpaceRanger13@lemmy.zip 23 points 4 months ago

Astronomers detected this exceptionally bright FRB, formally referred to as FRB 20250316A, in March from the direction of the Big Dipper using the CHIME radio telescope in British Columbia. They’re referring to the flash as “RBFLOAT” for “Radio Brightest Flash Of All Time.” The flash produced more energy in a few milliseconds than our Sun produces in four days.