CSIRO Parkes (IMAGE)

University of Manchester

CSIRO Parkes

Caption

CSIRO's Parkes radio telescope, which has been used to confirm a population of Fast Radio Bursts, is shown superimposed on an image showing the distribution of gas in our Galaxy. An artist's impression of a single fast radio burst is shown located well away from the Galactic plane emission. Fast radio bursts are a new population of radio source located at cosmological distances.

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Swinburne Astronomy Productions

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