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An early universe radio jet spanning an astonishing 200,000 light years has been discovered by the International Gemini ...
Astronomers studying a distant galaxy cluster stumbled upon ancient radio signals that might hold clues to the formation of ...
A distant cluster of galaxies is wrapped in a vast halo of high-energy particles that could be the work of supermassive black ...
Astronomers have discovered the most distant mini-halo ever seen—10 billion light-years away—revealing that galaxy clusters ...
LOFAR detects a faint radio 'mini-halo' from 3.8 billion years ago, revealing how galaxy clusters evolved in the early ...
LOFAR is a massive radio telescope that comprises 100,000 antennas spread across eight European countries. The researchers ...
A faint radio glow reveals a million-light-year halo enveloping one of the earliest galaxy clusters, hinting that energetic ...
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies and Technological University of the Shannon have signed a landmark MOU to enhance ...
Abell 2255 is a cluster containing between 300 and 500 constituent galaxies, many of which are merging. It's located around ...
The jet is known as Quasar J1601+3102, and it was first spotted by astronomers using the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR). Researchers estimate that the jet spans nearly 200,000 light-years, more than ...
Our LOFAR survey only covered 15 percent of the sky. And most of these giant jets are likely difficult to spot, so we believe there are many more of these behemoths out there.” ...
Scientists have discovered the farthest-ever 'mini-halo,' a sea of charged particles around a distant galaxy cluster that ...