A team led by astronomers in the Netherlands have confirmed a repeating FRB source to be linked to a potential ‘hypernebula’ – a dense and highly magnetised cloud of plasma that is illuminated by a powerful but still mysterious source. This confirmation was possible thanks to the use of the European VLBI Network (EVN) and marks the second occasion where an FRB source appears to be powering a hypernebula. Read here the ASTRON press release.
Image: © Daniëlle Futselaar/ASTRON; Artist’s impression of FRBs emitted by a source called FRB 20190520B, and originating in a hypernebula