Radio Signal That Travelled For 10 Billion Years Has Just Reached Earth

Radio signal that travelled for 10 billion years has just reached Earth

Last updated: 2025/10/03 at 4:56 AM

News Room Published 3 October 2025

Space is alive with blinks, flashes and explosive events – and sometimes we can detect them from Earth. One such example are powerful signals known as fast radio bursts (FRBs) which last around a millisecond but can travel for billions of years before we know of them. And this is the case of FRB 20240304B, which travelled 10 billion years to greet us. So, what was it? (Picture: Getty)