Highly polarized electromagnetic radiation from FRB 121102 might betray its source

[gary]

In a 12 Jan 2018 article in the Sydney Morning Herald (http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/astronomers-probe-source-of-mysterious-powerful-radio-signal-from-beyond-our-galaxy-20180111-h0gx8d.html), Liam Mannix
reports on how the highly polarized electromagnetic radiation from
a Fast Radiation Burst source, FRB 121102, might provide a clue as to
its origin.



Article here :-
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/astronomers-probe-source-of-mysterious-powerful-radio-signal-from-beyond-our-galaxy-20180111-h0gx8d.html

Article also at Nature :-
https://www.nature.com/news/mysterious-cosmic-radio-blasts-traced-to-surprising-source-1.21235





The discovery has also been reported in papers in Nature (subscription required) :-
https://www.nature.com/articles/nature25149

http://www.nature.com/articles/nature20797

[xelasnave]

Thank you Gary very interesting stuff.
Alex