Images for "a new class of cosmic object" (RRATs)

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Visualisation of a pulsar

Illustration of a pulsar showing magnetic field lines (cut away) and radio beam.
Credit: Russell Kightley Media

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CSIRO's Parkes radio telescope

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Photos © Shaun Amy.