These Seven Galaxies Snuggled Together Is the Birthplace of the Most Powerful Fast Radio Burst

— NASA, ESA, STScI, Alexa Gordon (Northwestern)

When astronomers traced the most distant — and one of the most powerful — fast radio bursts (FRBs) to its origin, they couldn’t quite render the site with ground-based telescopes. A boost from the Hubble Space Telescope gave them what they wanted, but it was completely unexpected.