# Kirsten 2022: A repeating fast radio burst source in a globular cluster

> F. Kirsten, B. Marcote, K. Nimmo et al., 2022. 7 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Evidence for a second, old formation channel.

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# A repeating fast radio burst source in a globular cluster

F. Kirsten, B. Marcote, K. Nimmo et al., 2022. _Nature 602(7898), 585–589_.

VLBI localisation of the repeater FRB 20200120E to a globular cluster of the nearby galaxy M81, about 2 pc from the cluster's centre. Old stellar populations challenge models in which FRBs come from young magnetars born in core-collapse supernovae.

**Fast radio bursts and the origin of the one-off bursts** Articledoi: **[10.1038/s41586-021-04354-w](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04354-w)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Evidence for a second, old formation channel.

## Cited by on this site 7 records

[Magnetars formed by mergers of neutron stars or white dwarfs, or by accretion-induced collapse of a white…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/fast-radio-bursts/answers/ANS0CVCMMXJ4KG0/magnetars-formed-by-mergers-of-neutron-stars-or-white-dwarfs)

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[Magnetars or other neutron stars formed late, by mergers of neutron stars or white dwarfs or by the collapse…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/fast-radio-bursts/answers/ANS0CVCMDV016SX/magnetars-or-other-neutron-stars-formed-late-by-mergers-of)

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[FRB 20200120E lies in a globular cluster of M81.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/fast-radio-bursts/evidence/EVD0CVCME2T5N8K/frb-20200120e-lies-in-a-globular-cluster-of-m81)

Evidence

EVD

[FRB 20200120E is placed in a globular cluster of M81](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/fast-radio-bursts/events/EVT0CVCMA5T4FEM/frb-20200120e-is-placed-in-a-globular-cluster-of-m81)

EVT

[Fast radio bursts and the origin of the one-off bursts](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/fast-radio-bursts)

The mystery article

MYS

[How do burst sources come to be in old star clusters and dead galaxies?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/fast-radio-bursts/questions/QST0CVCMC4A44GR/how-do-burst-sources-come-to-be-in-old-star-clusters-and)

Question

QST

[What produces most of the one-off fast radio bursts?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/fast-radio-bursts/questions/QST0CVCMB5213XT/what-produces-most-of-the-one-off-fast-radio-bursts)

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## Cite it

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Kirsten, F., Marcote, B., Nimmo, K., Hessels, J. W. T., & et al. (2022). A repeating fast radio burst source in a globular cluster. Nature 602(7898), 585–589. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04354-w
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[Read it free at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04354-w)

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