Hubble Tracks Origins Of Energy Blasts

Fast radio bursts, or FRBs, are extraordinary events that generate as much energy in a thousandth of a second as the Sun does in an entire year!

Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have traced the locations of five brief, powerful FRBs, which are near or on their host galaxies' spiral arms. The research helped rule out some of the possible stellar objects originally thought to cause these brilliant flares.

Video credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Paul Morris: Lead Producer
Andrea Gianopoulos: Science Writer
Cassandra Morris: Narrator

Additional Visualizations:
Sunrise over the Pacific: Artbeats
Animation of Magnetar: Scott Wiessinger
FRB Locations Animation: Scott Wiessinger and Chris Smith
Gamma Ray Burst Illustration: Michael Starobin
Neutron Star Merger: Michael Starobin
Magnetar Flyby Animation: Chris Smith
Magnetar Flare Sequence: Chris Smith

Music:
"Deep Caverns" by JC Lemay [SACEM] via Koka Media [SACEM], Universal Publishing Production Music France [SACEM], and Universal Production Music

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