Artist’s impression of a fast radio burst traveling through space and reaching Earth
This artist’s impression represents the path of the fast radio burst FRB 181112 traveling from a distant host galaxy to reach the Earth. FRB 181112 was pinpointed by the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) radio telescope. Follow-up observations with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) revealed that the radio pulses have passed through the halo of a massive galaxy on their way toward Earth. This finding allowed astronomers to analyse the radio signal for clues about the nature of the halo gas.
Credit:ESO/M. Kornmesser
About the Image
Id: | eso1915a |
Type: | Artwork |
Release date: | 26 September 2019, 20:00 |
Related releases: | eso1915 |
Size: | 5180 x 3344 px |
About the Object
Name: | FRB 181112 |
Type: | Early Universe : Galaxy : Activity : AGN |
Category: | Galaxies Illustrations |
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