An unusual elliptical galaxy with a history of absorbing smaller galaxies appears to be approaching its next target.

For the first time, astronomers have traced a fast radio burst (FRB) to the outskirts of an ancient, dead, elliptical galaxy—an unprecedented home for a phenomenon previously associated with ...

She noted, however, that the other FRB originating in a globular cluster was associated with a live galaxy, not an old elliptical in which star formation ceased billions of years ago. "It's clear ...

Researchers from Northwestern University and McGill University located the signal close to the edges of a historic elliptical galaxy which helped advance their knowledge of this phenomenon.