VLA Localizes Fast Radio Burst for First Time (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

VLA Localizes Fast Radio Burst for First Time

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The dishes of the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array are seen making the first-ever precision localization of a Fast Radio Burst, and thereby pointing the way to the host galaxy of FRB121102.

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Danielle Futselaar (www.artsource.nl)

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