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天文学家探测到来自遥远星系的神秘能量爆发Astronomers detect mysterious burst of energy from a galaxy far, far away

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艺术家对快速射电暴的构想图。天文学家探测到了他们认为有史以来最遥远的快速射电暴,它产生于地球或太阳存在之前。摄影:卡尔·诺克斯/OzGravArtist impression of a fast radio burst. Astronomers have detected they believe to be the most distant fast radio burst ever recorded, which was produced before there was Earth or sun. Photograph: Carl Knox/OzGrav

强烈的射电波闪光已有超过100亿年历史,穿越了约80%的宇宙历史。

很久以前,在遥远的星系中,一束神秘的能量闪光被释放到宇宙中。

Intense flash of radio waves is more than 10bn years old and has travelled through ‘approximately 80% of cosmic history’ A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, a mysterious flash of energy was released into the universe.

天文学家现在已经探测到这束射电波闪光,它在到达地球前已传播了超过100亿年——这被认为是有史以来记录的最遥远的快速射电暴(FRB)。

Astronomers have now detected that flash, a burst of radio waves which travelled for more than 10bn years before reaching Earth – what they believe to be the most distant fast radio burst (FRB) ever recorded.