[ExI] Fast Radio Bursts coming from a magnetar

[BillK]

A Surprise Discovery Points to the Source of Fast Radio Bursts

After a burst lit up their telescope “like a Christmas tree,”
astronomers were able to finally track down the source of these cosmic
oddities.   Maciej Rebisz    6 Nov 2020

<https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-surprise-discovery-shows-magnetars-create-fast-radio-bursts-20200611/>

Quotes:
Scholz and his colleagues quickly realized that the burst must be
nearby, and not just because the flash was so bright. The flare
appeared to originate from a part of the sky where an object in the
Milky Way had been shooting out X-rays. The coincidence was strong,
and if confirmed, it would let astronomers figure out what causes fast
radio bursts.

The astronomers then turned toward the previously known source: an
ultra-dense, rapidly spinning and highly magnetized cinder of a
stellar core called a magnetar. With a single lucky discovery, the
mystery of where fast radio bursts come from appeared to have been
solved.
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BillK