CHIME telescope

Artist's impression of the CHIME Outrigger Array over North America, locating RBFLOAT to its host galaxy. Credit: Daniëlle Futselaar/MMT Observatory

Astronomers track record-breaking radio burst from 130 million light-years away

An international team of researchers, including astrophysicists from Northwestern University, has managed to identify one of the brightest fast radio bursts (FRBs) ever observed – and for the first time pinpoint its location with unprecedented precision.