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Royal Astronomical Society: 'Troublesome' Radio Galaxy 32 Times Size of Milky Way Spotted
January 22, 2025
LONDON, England, Jan. 22 (TNSjou) -- The Royal Astronomical Society issued the following news:

Astronomers have discovered an extraordinary new giant radio galaxy with plasma jets 32 times the size of our Milky Way.

Measuring 3.3 million light-years from end-to-end, the cosmic megastructure was spotted by South Africa's MeerKAT telescope and nicknamed Inkathazo - meaning 'trouble' in the African Xhosa and Zulu languages - because of the difficulty in unde . . .

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