Fast Radio Burst "FRB 121102" optical counterpart discovered - 2 billion ly galaxy

[gary]

Sarah Kaplan reports in today's Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/01/04/mysterious-radio-burst-came-from-a-galaxy-2-5-billion-light-years-away-astronomers-discover/?utm_term=.9ca9d5ae1a5c)-






Article here -
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/01/04/mysterious-radio-burst-came-from-a-galaxy-2-5-billion-light-years-away-astronomers-discover/?utm_term=.b2e204630a19



Nature article abstract -
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v541/n7635/full/nature20797.html

[clive milne]

Thanks Gary... that's extraordinary !

What I find astonishing is that for the burst to be measured in milliseconds, the source can be no larger than a few hundred meters (maybe a couple of km)

[Saturnine]

Had just read the article on Universe Today website, not even going to try to get my head around the physics involved but it is fascinating all the same.

Jeff