Mystery AtlasFRB 121102
The first fast radio burst source ever found to repeat, discovered in 2012 and traced to a dwarf galaxy roughly three billion light-years away; among the most active known repeaters, with 72 bursts recorded in a single five-hour window in September 2018.
This is a knowledge-graph entry: what our data records about FRB 121102 and how it connects to the rest of the atlas. It does not have a full article of its own yet.
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Related Mysteries
- 'Oumuamuadetected 19 October 2017
FRB 121102 is frequently explored with 'Oumuamua — Both are the single most famous individual case within their broader anomaly category, drawing readers who start at one toward the other.
Science & Technology
- Fast Radio Burstsfirst identified 2007 in 2001 archival data
FRB 121102 is an instance of Fast Radio Bursts.