Illustration of Fast Radio Burst (IMAGE)

University of California - Santa Cruz

Illustration of Fast Radio Burst

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This illustration shows the radio signal from the fast radio burst FRB 181112 passing through the halo of a foreground galaxy on its way toward the telescopes that detected it on Earth.

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© J. Josephides, Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology

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