
Uncanny Coincidence: Fast Radio Burst Detected After Gravitational Wave Event
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On the 25th of April in 2019, the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) recorded a bright, non-repeating fast radio burst( FRB).
The chance that the two events were unrelated, a team of astronomers led by Alexandra Moroianu of the University of Western Australia has determined, is extremely small.FRB20190425A was detected the same day, at 10:46:33 UTC, within the range of sky LIGO had laid out as a plausible source of the neutron star merger, and with an upper distance limit of 590 million light-years. Read More..