Origins of fast radio bursts come into focus through polarized light

Non-repeating fast radio bursts (FRBs) likely come from galaxies similar to our Milky Way. This is inferred by an international team of astronomers who compared the polarized light from 128 of these non-repeating FRBs with repeaters. The researchers, including Ziggy Pleunis from the University of Amsterdam and ASTRON, publish their results today in The Astrophysical Journal.