MIT Cracks Cosmic Code: FRB Source Finally Traced

In a stellar breakthrough, MIT scientists have pinpointed the origin of FRB 20221022A to within a mere 10,000 kilometers of a neutron star in a galaxy 200 million light-years away. Published in Nature, this marks the first concrete evidence linking fast radio bursts to the chaotic magnetospheres of magnetars. Using ingenious signal scintillation analysis, the team debunked distant shockwave theories, sparking excitement (and a few cosmic chuckles) in the astrophysics community as we edge closer to unraveling these enigmatic cosmic signals.