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Is this repeating radio burst trapped inside a young supernova remnant?
Jia-Peng Wei, Chen Deng, Gwenael Giacinti, Ze-Cheng Zou, Chen-Ran Hu, Yong-Feng Huang, Jin-Jun Geng
May 26, 2026
FRB 190520B is a fast radio burst that repeats from a dense, changing environment. Researchers fit observations of how the radio waves spread and delay through the burst's surroundings to a model of an expanding supernova remnant. Only six scenarios match the data—all pointing to a very young remnant with a thick ejecta shell, but the scattering pattern hints at hidden complexity inside.
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