Cosmic giants launch a new era in radio astronomy

A radiogaláxia gigante MGTC J095959.63+024608.6, detetada com o radiotelescópio MeerKAT.

A radiogaláxia gigante MGTC J095959.63+024608.6, detetada com o radiotelescópio MeerKAT. Em fundo é apresentado o céu na luz visível e, sobreposto, a emissão no rádio representada a vermelho. I. Heywood (Oxford/Rhodes/SARAO).

The discovery of two new giant galaxies in the radio emission suggests that many more of these impressive structures are about to be revealed, according to an international study1 with the collaboration of the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA).

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1. The paper “MIGHTEE: Are giant radio galaxies more common than we thought?”, by J. Delhaize, I. Heywood, M. Prescott, et al., was published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 501, 3833–3845 (2021) (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa3837).