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Famous fast radio burst FRB20180916B just barely lets itself be captured

Two international teams of astronomers (with significant involvement from scientists from the Anton Pannekoek Institute) have published two scientific papers with new information about the famous fast radio burst FRB20180916B. In an article in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, they measure the radiation from the bursts at the lowest possible frequencies. In Nature Astronomy, they examine the bursts in the greatest possible detail. While the articles provide new information, they also raise new questions.
Artistic view of LOFAR's so-called Superterp in Drenthe, the Netherlands, where low frequency radio waves from the fast radio burst FRB20180916B were captured. The FRB is located in a spiral galaxy 500 million light years from Earth.
Artistic view of LOFAR's so-called Superterp in Drenthe, the Netherlands, where low frequency radio waves from the fast radio burst FRB20180916B were captured. The FRB is located in a spiral galaxy 500 million light years from Earth.

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