Milky Way Fast Radio Burst

[XFool]

Enigmatic fast radio burst pinned on magnetised dead star

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-54815687

At last, we're making headway in deciphering some of the Universe's most enigmatic signals.

"Scientists have managed to trace a very short, very bright burst of radio waves to a type of highly magnetised dead star, known as a magnetar."

[AsleepInYorkshire]

I hope it's a very very long way away

AiY

[XFool]

From the BBC article:

"It's about 30,000 light-years away, which is interesting because all previous FRB detections have come from beyond our Milky Way galaxy."

Let's hope it stays there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetar#Magnetic_field

"The magnetic field of a magnetar would be lethal even at a distance of 1000 km due to the strong magnetic field distorting the electron clouds of the subject's constituent atoms, rendering the chemistry of life impossible. At a distance of halfway from Earth to the moon, a magnetar could strip information from the magnetic stripes of all credit cards on Earth."