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A fleeting yet powerful radio burst was recently traced to an unexpected source: a NASA satellite inactive for nearly six decades. On June 13, 2025, Australia’s ASKAP radio telescope detected an ultra-short radio pulse just 30 nanoseconds long, reaching a peak intensity of over 300,000 janskys—outshining entire galaxies momentarily. Initial uncertainty regarding its origin—possibly a distant cosmic phenomenon—led astronomers to …

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