Search Language Menu Research News Subaru Telescope helps measure distance to mysterious fast radio burst Source located 50 billion light years away! Graduate School of Science / Faculty of Science 2016/04/07 The host galaxy of the fast radio burst observed by the Subaru Telescope This is a type of galaxy classified as an elliptical galaxy. Its appears red in color and is composed of old stars. The distance was measured to be about five billion light years. © The University of Tokyo. An international team including University of Tokyo researchers observed a mysterious astronomical phenomenon, called “fast radio burst” and determined its distance for the first time to be five billion light years away. Future research is expected to determine the character of the source of this phenomenon. M
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