Radio wave phenomena

An international team of astronomers has detected an ultra-brief, extremely energetic cosmic radio wave burst, known as a 'fast radio burst' (FRB). This particular FRB is the most distant ever observed, with its source located in a galaxy so remote that its light journeyed for eight billion years before reaching us. Remarkably, this FRB is also one of the most energetic ever recorded, releasing in a fraction of a second the equivalent energy emitted by our Sun over a span of 30 years. The source of this astronomical phenomenon was accurately pinpointed using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT).