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A composite image reveals a radio wave shaped like a treble clef within a galaxy cluster merger. Credit: NASA / CXC / INAF-IRA / A. Botteon et al. / UKIDSS-GPS / ASTRON /LOFAR / CXC / SAO / N. Wolk ...