Brightest Fast Radio Burst Ever Detected: A Cosmic Mystery Just 130 Million Light-Years Away Astronomers have just spotted something extraordinary in the vastness of the cosmos—the brightest fast radio burst (FRB) ever recorded, and it’s surprisingly close to us in galactic terms: only 130 million light-years away. For context, a light-year is about 9.46 trillion kilometers, so “close” is still unimaginably distant. But in astronomical scales, this FRB happened practically in our cosmic neighborhood. What Exactly Are Fast Radio Bursts? Fast radio bursts are intense, millisecond-long flashes of radio waves coming from deep space. They’re so powerful that in a single blink, they release as much energy as the Sun does in several days. The mystery? We don’t fully know what causes them. Some likely culprits include: Magnetars (hyper-magnetized neutron stars) Collision of neutron stars Black hole activity Or even more exotic, unknown astrophysical phenomena Why This Discovery Is Specia...