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Farthest Fast Radio Burst Host Galaxy Spectrum

Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope were able to study the host galaxy of the most distant known fast radio burst (FRB). By detecting light emitted from oxyge...

Date
Oct 8, 2026
Observatory
James Webb Space Telescope
Credit
NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI
Archive ID
farthest-fast-radio-burst-host-galaxy-spectrum

Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope were able to study the host galaxy of the most distant known fast radio burst (FRB). By detecting light emitted from oxygen and nitrogen, they were able to determine the galaxy’s cosmological redshift, thereby confirming the FRB occurred just 3 billion years after the big bang.

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