For the first time, astronomers have traced a fast radio burst (FRB) to the outskirts of an ancient, dead, elliptical galaxy -- an unprecedented home for a phenomenon previously associated with ...

They traced the FRB to the outskirts of an elliptical galaxy 2 billion light-years away. This galaxy, boasting an impressive 11.3 billion-year age and 100 billion solar masses, is among the most ...

Included in the image are (from top to bottom) Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune ... It is also called the “Cigar Galaxy” because of the elliptical shape produced by the oblique tilt ...