LOFAR Telescope Spots Biggest Radio Galaxy Ever astronomy space science
Dubbed Alcyoneus, the object is at least 16.3 million light-years long, and consists of the central jet-like structure and two outer radio lobes., an elliptical galaxy some 3 billion light-years away in the constellation of Lynx.
“The discovery shows that the sphere of influence of some galaxies reaches far from their direct environment.”“The Cosmic Web is another name for the contemporary, grown-up Universe, that looks like a network of threads and nodes that astronomers call filaments and clusters, respectively,” they said.
“Because Alcyoneus, just like the Milky Way, inhabits a filament, its plumes feel a headwind while moving through the medium.”
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