Artist's Impression of an ASKAP Radio Telescope Detecting a Fast Radio Burst (IMAGE)

International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research

Artist's Impression of an ASKAP Radio Telescope Detecting a Fast Radio Burst

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An artist's impression of CSIRO's ASKAP radio telescope detecting a fast radio burst (FRB). Scientists don't know what causes FRBs but it must involve incredible energy--equivalent to the amount released by the Sun in 80 years.

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OzGrav, Swinburne University of Technology.

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